3 p.m. update:
A Farmington mother and her 14-year-old son were found safe on Sunday morning after they did not return home Saturday evening from bird hunting in Upper Cupsuptic Township.
The woman, Paulette Cote, and her son were reported missing around 11 p.m. on Saturday by her daughter, Sara Welch. They had left their Farmington home between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, with plans to bird hunt in the unorganized territory in Oxford County, according to a release from Deborah Turcotte, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Wardens and U.S. Border Patrol agents searched through the night and morning for the two, who had followed roads into the woods to hunt. They attempted to cross the headwaters of Moose Brook but became stuck early Saturday afternoon, according to Sgt. John Blagdon with the Maine Warden Service.
The mother and son spent the night in the vehicle. Pilot Dan Dufault, with the warden service, spotted their 2002 Jeep Wrangler from the air, and wardens on the ground went to the location and freed the vehicle around 10 a.m.
Both are in fine condition.
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10:30 a.m. update:
A missing mother and her 14-year-old son were found Sunday morning between 10 and 10:15 a.m.
The two, from the Farmington area, had gone missing after they left early Saturday to go bird hunting.
Deborah Turcotte, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said, “They’ve been located, and they’re fine. They were stuck in their truck, and I’m waiting for more information from the wardens.”
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9:45 a.m.
A mother and her 14-year-old son have gone missing after leaving their Farmington-area home early Saturday to go bird hunting, the Maine Warden Service says.
Paula Cote and her son were driving a 2002 maroon Jeep Wrangler with a black roof and Maine Breast Cancer Awareness license plate reading “P COTE.” They left their home between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
The pair planned to hunt in the Upper and Lower Cupsuptic area of Oxford County.
Anyone with information is asked to call Maine State Police at (800) 452-4664.
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