SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Maine Medical Examiner says a set of remains found in Southwest Harbor are those of a well-known local man who had been missing for a year.
The medical examiner used DNA to positively identify the remains of 61-year-old Pete Peterson, who has been missing since last September.
Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland says there’s no determination of a cause of death but there is no indication of foul play. He says the role of the police is complete.
Despite disabilities, Peterson was well known in Southwest Harbor and friends on Mount Desert Island helped search for him after he disappeared.
Local resident Sue Parsley tells the Bangor Daily News Peterson was a fixture in the community.
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