DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP, Maine – At approximately 2:30 p.m., divers from the Maine State Police/Maine Marine Patrol dive team recovered the body of 31-year old Caitlin Giunta of York, Maine in Flagstaff Lake. Divers were focusing on an area that Maine Warden Service side scan sonar operators identified a likely target approximately 500 feet from shore in about 22 feet of water.  Game Wardens worked together with their counterparts in Maine State Police and Marine Patrol in a joint diving effort to search a relatively large area of Flagstaff Lake, according to a Sept. 22 news release from the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

The Maine Warden Service and other emergency response agencies have been searching in the woods and waters in and around Flagstaff Lake since Guinta and two others capsized their canoe 5:30 Saturday night, Sept. 19.

Guinta was canoeing Saturday evening with her boyfriend, Ned Roche, and her brother, Kyle Guinta, the release said. The three were motoring across Flagstaff Lake from an island back to the campsite they were staying at when their canoe capsized due to rough lake conditions and heavy wind. Overall, searchers canvassed over 4 miles of shoreline and over 350 acres of water.

In addition to dive operations, the Maine Warden Service was assisted by search teams from the Maine Association for Search and Rescue who continued to search the wooded inland areas, as well as Maine Forest Service, US Border Patrol, Maine Association for Search and Rescue Dogs, New Portland Fire Department and North Star Ambulance Service. Guinta was transported to Smart and Edwards Funeral Home in Skowhegan.