(10 Aug 2025)
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St. George, Maine — 10 August 2025
1. Lead boat of Sunshine Stewart memorial service
2. Sound from Ian Hunt, friend of Stewart’s, on radio during procession
3. Sunshine Strong portrait of Stewart
4. Tight on portrait
5. Procession of boats
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kim Ware, sister of Sunshine Stewart:
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"So this is more of a captain salute. It’s a maritime memorial and there’ll be a boat procession out there led by the Coast Guard."
7. Pan of memorial procession on water
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Leppanen, friend of Sunshine Stewart:
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"Well, I mean she did everything she did fishing, she chartered a boat, she did carpentry, bartending — she was a great bartender. I think she loved that, you know, she always said she was an OK fisherman and OK carpenter, but an awesome bartender."
9. Boat with friends and family
STORYLINE:
Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community celebrated her life with a maritime service on Sunday.
Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, went missing in July while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a popular summer destination in Union. She was later found dead, and police charged Deven Young, 17, of Frankfort, Maine, with murder in connection with her death.
Stewart’s loved ones are calling Sunday’s memorial a “maritime celebration of life.” They held the memorial in the Tenants Harbor section of St. George, where Stewart lived. The event included a procession of vessels in the vicinity of Tenants Harbor, according to the organizers.
The Office of the Maine Attorney General has said it is seeking to try Young as an adult. A judge will need to rule on that request. Young is due in court for a status conference on Aug. 22.
Young made a brief initial court appearance last month in which he entered a denial to the murder charge. His attorney, Jeremy Pratt, has declined to comment.
Authorities have released few details about the killing and have not publicly speculated about a motive. Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss said the investigation into Stewart’s death is still active and “will be for some time.”
Stewart lived about 20 miles (34 kilometers) from the pond where she was killed. The pond is popular with boaters and fishermen and is the site of a campground. Police have said a medical examiner determined Stewart’s cause of death was strangulation and blunt force trauma.
In the weeks since the killing, friends of Stewart have memorialized her as an independent spirit, a dedicated friend and a lover of the ocean and the outdoors. She took a varied career path through life, working as a biologist, fisherman, carpenter and in many other roles, friends said.
Bethany Leach Parmley, a lifelong friend, described Stewart as “a really loyal, wonderful friend.”
AP video by Robert Bukaty
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