Maine Game Warden dive team recovers body of missing Vinalhaven man
Folly Pond, on Vinalhaven, lies near the North Haven Road, on Vinalhaven. (Image courtesy Vinalhaven Land Trust)
Folly Pond, on Vinalhaven, lies near the North Haven Road, on Vinalhaven. (Image courtesy Vinalhaven Land Trust)
VINALHAVEN – Maine Game Warden Divers recovered the body of a missing Vinalhaven man earlier today, Oct. 18.
Owen Adair, age 31 of Vinalhaven, was last seen by his family on Thursday, October 13.
His family reported him missing Oct. 17 after finding his ATV near Folly Pond in Vinalhaven, and then finding his boots and an aluminum canoe with some of his personal items in it along the pond shoreline, according to a news release from the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The Maine Warden Service dive team began searching Folly Pond early this morning, Oct .18, with a camera-equipped submersible ROV (remotely operated vehicle), and located a body with the ROV late this morning. Warden Service divers then recovered Adair in approximately 10 feet of water at approximately 12:15 p.m.
Adair was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta, where he will be examined. The Maine Warden Service was assisted by Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Vinalhaven Fire and Rescue, and the Vinalhaven Water District in the search and recovery.
