A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the killing of Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart, the Maine woman who was found dead two weeks ago after she went paddleboarding on a pond.

Maine State Police officials announced Thursday morning that the suspect, who is also from Maine, was taken into custody without incident at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police also said the suspect has been transported to the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

An official familiar with the investigation told ABC News that the suspect spends vacation time in the Crawford Pond area each summer with his family.

Police also revealed Thursday that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta confirmed the cause of Stewart's death was strangulation and blunt force trauma.

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