BANGOR — Officials have identified the 71-year-old woman whose body was found in the Kenduskeag Stream in downtown Bangor.

The state Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as Linda Briggs, but her address was not immediately known.

Briggs’ body was discovered Monday morning shortly before the start of Bangor’s Memorial Day parade. Many spectators who were waiting for the parade watched as rescue personnel pulled the woman from the water.

The cause and manner of death are pending, but police have told the Bangor Daily News that the death does not appear suspicious.


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