US EditionMan’s Body Recovered From Kennebec River During Search for Fisherman
KENNEBEC RIVER, BATH, MAINE, JUL 10 – The search for 22-year-old Robert Stolt ended with a body recovered by Maine Marine Patrol after he attempted to save his dog from the Kennebec River, officials said.
- Officials recovered a man's body around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, from the Kennebec River near Woods Island in Bath, Maine.
- Authorities located the body of Robert Stolt, a 22-year-old from Augusta, who had been missing since Sunday, July 6, after entering the river near Lines Island in an attempt to save his dog.
- Boaters rescued a woman and a second dog from Stolt's 23-foot fishing boat, and an animal control officer later safely recovered the dog that jumped into the river.
- Individuals on Crawford Island discovered the body and contacted 911; Maine Marine Patrol officers then retrieved it and transported it to the chief medical examiner’s office in Augusta for identification.
- Officials have not confirmed the body's identity, and the search for Stolt, who never returned after trying to save his dog, underscores the dangers in such river rescue attempts.
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Marine Patrol Search of the Kennebec River for Missing Man Results in the Discovery of a Body
The search for an Augusta man who jumped after his dog into the Kennebec River near Bath on Sunday appears to have come to a tragic conclusion on Wednesday when authorities recovered a body from the shore of Wood Island – adjacent to the man’s disappearance. [RELATED: Marine Patrol, Coast Guard Search for Missing Augusta [...] The post Marine Patrol Search of the Kennebec River for Missing Man Results in the Discovery of a Body appeared first on…
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Body found along Kennebec River amid search for missing fisherman
Crews had been searching the river near Bath since Sunday after Robert Stolt, 22, of Augusta, went into the river to rescue his dog but did not resurface.
·Maine, United States
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