Found Deceased ME - Samuel Kern, 29, Portland, 18 Sept 2020

[kelsie]

Maine Game Wardens search for missing Portland man

Maine Game Wardens and the Portland Police Department are asking for the public's help in finding a missing Portland man.

Wardens say 29-year-old Samuel Kern was last known to be in Portland on Friday.

Kern told family he was going camping.

A vehicle registered to Kern was observed Sunday at the Pleasant Mountain fire warden’s trail head near 321 Warren Road in Denmark.

The vehicle is a 2002 silver Toyota Highlander with Virginia plate number ULN5019.

Game wardens search for Portland man missing near Pleasant Mountain

Samuel Kern was last seen in Portland on Sept. 18 when he told family members he was going camping but did not say where.

Two days later, Kern’s vehicle, a 2002 Toyota Highlander with Virginia plates, was seen at the Pleasant Mountain fire warden’s trailhead near 321 Warren Road in Denmark and has not been moved since then.

Pleasant Mountain is a popular hiking location near Shawnee Peak, and has a roughly 10-mile network of trails that lead up to and around its peak. Camping and off-trail excursions are not permitted.

A search is underway in the Pleasant Mountain area.

MISSING: Portland man last seen Sept. 18 | newscentermaine.com

 

[kelsie]

Maine Association for Search And Rescue (MASAR)
Interesting comments

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Found deceased.

Body of missing Portland man found in western Maine

 

[Dnp2be]

Sounds like a suicide, very sad no matter the COD.

 

[YaYa_521]

Sounds like a suicide, very sad no matter the COD.

I'm curious as to what makes you think this? Could he have had an accident or medical emergency?

Rest in peace, Sam.