She could walk into a room and have 20 friends right away," a close friend said of Sunshine Stewart. "That’s the kind of person she was."

A paddleboarder was mysteriously murdered in a small Maine town — and authorities are urging calm as the killer remains unknown.

Maine State Police investigate suspected homicide after finding a dead paddleboarder, Sunshine Stewart, in Crawford Pond.

Police have said Stewart’s body was found last week after she went missing while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond in Knox County. Maine State Police said the 48-year-old’s death was determined to be a homicide, but other details, including her cause of death and whether any arrests have been made, have not been released.

Sunshine Stewart's body was found July 3 near 100 Acre Island in the town of Union, Maine — the night after she went out alone on her paddleboard.

Sunshine Stewart was last seen at the Mic Mac Campground where she rented a camper for the summer in Unity, Maine. On July 2nd, locals say they saw her walking down a trail. Night fell three hours later,

Last Thursday, 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor was found dead in Union after Maine State Police say she went for an evening paddleboard ride.