BRUNSWICK
Police have confirmed that the body of an adult male pulled from the Androscoggin River in Brunswick Wednesday morning is that of a man who has been missing since last week.
Clyde Bailey, 43, of Topsham, is believed to have drowned, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Brunswick police said the manner of death is still under investigation.
An employee at Brookfield Renewable Energy’s hydroelectric plant on the river notified police of the body at around 8:30 a.m., according to Brunswick Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi.
Police do not suspect foul play, according to Rinaldi.
“It’s nothing criminal,” said Rinaldi.
Brunswick and Topsham police, as well as the Maine Warden Service, investigated the area, and spent part of the morning working to retrieve the body. Rescue workers were cleared of the scene by noon.
On Friday, Topsham Police Chief Christopher Lewis said that Brunswick police had taken a report of a missing adult — Bailey — on Thursday.
That morning, Officer Troy Garrison was searching along the Topsham side of the Androscoggin River and Topsham Heights area on an all-terrain vehicle, looking for the man or the tent in which he may have been living.
A plane from the Maine Warden Service searched by air and police also later searched by ground with a dog, but turned up nothing. The search continued in Topsham over the weekend and Monday.
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