The Maine State Police are investigating the homicide of a man found near Schmid Land Preserve in Edgecomb the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 3.
A hunter discovered an adult deceased male near the preserve on Old County Road the morning of Dec. 3, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The man, later identified by officials as William Nathaniel Robinson, 34, of Austinville, Va., had been staying in a home in Edgecomb, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was called to the preserve at approximately 9:30 a.m. Dec. 3. Detectives from the Maine State Police’s major crimes unit also responded to the scene to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death, according to the press release.
The body was transported to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound and ruled the matter of death a homicide, according to a Monday, Dec. 9 press release.
The investigation is ongoing and there is no known danger to the public at this time, Moss said.
