Body of missing man found in Bristol

BRISTOL – A search for a young man from Damariscotta who was missing for nearly a week ended Saturday afternoon when his body was found in his pickup truck along a dirt road in Round Pond.

Authorities said the death of Herbert Thompson, 22, was an apparent suicide.

Thompson was last seen early Sunday morning when he left the Schooner Landing Restaurant and Pub in Damariscotta.

The body was found as dozens of volunteer searchers, some riding all-terrain vehicles, fanned out across the area.

An autopsy was to be performed Sunday or Monday to confirm the cause of death, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety, who said a shotgun was found in the truck.