AUBURN, Maine — Auburn police say a body discovered Monday afternoon in the Little Androscoggin River is likely that of a man missing from Naples since Christmas Eve.
Officers went to the Barker Mill Dam shortly after noon on Monday for a report of a body discovered by dam workers in the river near a sluice gate, Auburn Police Chief Jason D. Moen said in a news release.
Moen said police believe the body is that of Mark Conley, 67, of Naples, who was reported missing after his family said he didn't arrive at a Christmas gathering.
Police said in subsequent days that Conley might be suffering from depression.
Conley's Jeep Patriot was found in the Little Androscoggin River on Jan. 2. A Maine State Police dive team searched the river at the time.
Auburn fire and rescue personnel removed the body, and it was taken to a nearby funeral home where the Office of Chief Medical Examiner will identify it.
No additional information was available Monday afternoon.