The Maine State Police dive team are heading an underwater investigation as a manhunt for the Lewiston suspect Robert Card, 40, drags into a third day.
The Maine State Police dive team are heading an underwater investigation as a manhunt for the Lewiston suspect Robert Card, 40, drags into a third day.The shooting suspect’s car, a white Subaru Outback, was found abandoned near a boat launch along the Androscoggin river in Lisbon, Maine. Mike Sauschuck, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety, said on Friday that divers will be “checking for evidence” and “potential bodies.”Sauschuck added that sonar technology will be used to aid the search, and that the local power company that operates the two dams on the river will try and lower the current to make it easier for divers to navigate the waterway.The US Coast Guard crews out of Boothbay Harbor were also searching for a 15-foot lake boat owned by Card. According to reports, Card owned more than one boat.Card’s cellphone was also discovered, according to two law enforcement officials. It’s speculated that discovering the device will likely make the manhunt that much more difficult, as they are often used as tracking devices in searches.Maine is a densely-forested state, with 90% of the state being covered by trees. The Androscoggin River, which connects to the Kennebec River, is also more than 170 miles long.
