A teenager has been charged in the suspicious death of a Maine paddleboarder that stoked fears of a serial killer looming throughout the New England region.

A 17-year-old male has been charged with one count of murder for his alleged involvement in the death of 48-year-old Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart nearly two weeks after the paddleboarder was found near Union’s Crawford Pond, according to the state attorney general's office.

The charges come one day after Maine State Police said in a press release that a teenager had been arrested in connection with the death of Stewart.

NEW ENGLAND SERIAL KILLER FEARS GRIP COASTAL TOWN AFTER PADDLEBOARDER’S ‘TERRIFYING’ MURDER

Stewart was reported missing after she failed to return from a solo paddleboarding trip on July 2. The next mornin

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