Missing teen Coreen Wiese- MAINE (BODY FOUND--Ruled Suicide)

[bleachedblack]

Family must wait until Tuesday for identity of Saco River body
By Elbert Aull Portland Press Herald Staff Writer May 13, 2007 05:40 PM

BUXTON – The family of Coreen Wiese will have to wait until Tuesday to learn whether a body found in the Saco River recently is that of the long-missing local teenager.

State Medical Examiner Dr. Margaret Greenwald performed an autopsy this afternoon but did not release the identity of the body, which was discovered floating near the riverbank off Warren Road around 11:55 p.m. Friday.

A family member, who asked not to be identified, said the identity would be released Tuesday.

Wiese has been missing since early November. Her disappearance sparked a manhunt that drew interest from the FBI and was mentioned during national television broadcasts.

Teenagers discovered the body during a get-together at a waterfront cottage about six miles downstream from the Route 25 bridge, where searchers found the girl’s cell phone and the letters “RIP” and “CW” scratched into a steel beam in November.

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[MsVada]

CONFIRMED;  BODY WAS COREEN WIESE

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[Jennifer34]

I was hoping she was a run a way also.  Are they thinking suicide?  I cant get in my mind how she was right there all the time.  Is that possilbe Mrs.D?  Maybe because of the time of year?  How sad.

[MsVada]

Hi Jennifer

Yes they are pretty sure its a suicide,  and yes its possible it took 6 months for her body to surface,  The Saco river is very deep in places. When the water temps are cold like they can get in the winter here in Maine, the body will stay submerged deeper,  And to add difficulty to the search, we had serious flooding in November and again this April.  That may have helped her body go through 2 sets of rapids and a hydro electric dam.  That is why I believe her body made it so far down the river, which normally would be impossible.  Several miles of this river Between the Limington Rapids and Buxton stretch of the river is unseen unless you hike into the woods a little bit.

[Jennifer34]

Thanks Mrs.D  That is amazing about the river.  I am in Alabama so I tend to forget about the temps and how long it takes to thaw out up north.

I hope her family can get some kind of closure in this tragic case.  It is so sad when some ones feels this is the only alternative.

[Peaches]

How sad.  Such a beautiful girl.

[A's Fever]

Oh I am so sorry it ended like this.  I had hoped she was a runaway.