The body found in the Kennebec River in Bath last week has been identified as a missing fisherman.
A witness on Crawford Island spotted the body on nearby Woods Island, where the Maine Marine Patrol recovered it about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
The body has been taken to the Maine medical examiner’s office in Augusta. A spokesperson for the medical examiner confirmed in an email to the Bangor Daily News that the body was that of 22-year-old Robert Stolt of Augusta.
Stolt went missing on July 6 when he tried to rescue his dog after it jumped from his 23-foot boat in the river near Lines Island, where Stolt was fishing.
An animal control officer later rescued the dog on Lines Island, while boaters helped a woman and a second dog still aboard the boat after Stolt went into the water. She was treated for minor injuries and released.
Woods Island is near where Stolt disappeared in the Kennebec River.
His death has been ruled an accidental drowning, the medical examiner ruled.
