What began as a simple paddleboarding trip ended with a homicide investigation, a community on edge and a 17-year-old charged with murder.

Maine authorities charged a teenage camper in the strangulation death of Sunshine Stewart, whose body was found on a remote island in Crawford Pond.

Young, who is now being detained at Long Creek, was 12 weeks shy of his 18th birthday the night police say Stewart was strangled and beaten to death on Crawford Pond's 100-Acre Island in Union. If prosecutors have their way, the juvenile will be put on trial for murder as an adult.

Prosecutors in Maine say they will seek to try a 17-year-old charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder as an adult.

What began as a simple paddleboarding trip ended with a homicide investigation, a community on edge and a 17-year-old charged with murder.

Authorities in Maine charged a 17-year-old with murder after the body of Sunshine Stewart, a paddleboarder, was found at Crawford Pond. The case has shocked the local community, as friends remember Stewart for her independent spirit and adventurous lifestyle.

Police have released few details about the killing of Sunshine Stewart, whose body was found near Crawford Pond on July 3.