DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A woman’s body was recovered from Sebec Lake early Wednesday morning, according to police.
Officials are conducting an autopsy on Carol Baird, 50, of Dover-Foxcroft at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta, Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a news release. The report likely won’t be ready for several weeks, the release stated.
“There’s no foul play suspected,” McCausland stated in the release, though investigators are awaiting the autopsy results to determine an exact cause of death.
McCausland said Carol Baird and Barry Baird, 64, of Dover-Foxcroft, her former brother-in-law, went for a swim in the early morning hours Wednesday.
“He came back and she didn’t,” said McCausland.
Carol and Barry Baird had been staying at Barry Baird’s lakeside camp off Old Spring Road, McCausland said. Game wardens recovered her body 50 feet from shore.
State Police, game wardens and Dover-Foxcroft police responded to the lake after she was reported missing.
Barry Baird was arrested at the scene for violating his bail conditions, which prohibited him from having contact with Carol Baird. Barry Baird had been charged with terrorizing in an incident involving Carol Baird on Aug. 14.
Dover-Foxcroft police Sgt. Todd Lyford wouldn’t provide details about the incident that occurred on Monique Drive except that it “fits into the domestic violence terrorizing charge,” he said.
Barry Baird’s court date for the charge is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 24, in Dover-Foxcroft District Court, according Lyford.
That guy better hope they had a good relationship or everyone is going to point the finger at him.
Considering he had been charged with terrorizing her less than 10 days ago, I’d hazard a guess that their relationship wasn’t all that wonderful.
sounds sketchy hmm
Maybe it was just a horrible accident. Please be kind as she had family and children that loved her.
What is this, be kind as she had family and children….who is being unkind?
Late night swims are never a good idea. Can’t see much around you.
They are a great idea when the mood hits. Pretty much everyone has done it once or twice.
RIP.
I lived at a lake for years. I’ve seen the outcome of latenight swims. Not pretty.
I too lived at a lake for many years, had numerous late night swims and never had one single thing go wrong.
Do you know what luck is?
I was thinking it was more like knowing my surroundings and being sober that kept me safe.
Being sober is one of the best preventatives there is; more people should try it!
Good for you.
RIP, My thought go out to her boyfriend and family.
Thats a pretty big blunder…. boyfriend/former brother-in-law. Either way, it seems sketchy. I highly doubt the rip currents were bad at sebec lake last night, or anytime for that matter.
Things that make you go hmmmm…
In the early morning hours of Wednesday morning,i was in bed sleeping, getting ready to go to work at 430am
You are forgiven for not saving her.
Fishy or what ?
August 14th wasn’t very long ago…..smh
My condolences to her loved ones.
sketchy at best
Late night swims in a lake can become deadly in a very short time….condolences to family and friends of this lady…..
Hopefully the autopsy will answer any unresolved questions.
it was kinda cold last night…about 50 degrees out…brrrrrrr
He terrorized her recently and isn’t a suspect in this? I hope there is a lot of info left out of this article.
“There’s no foul play suspected,” McCausland stated in the release,
though investigators and every single person who has heard about this suspects foul play.
I’m thinking lochness monster, but I could be wrong. Welcome to the internet.
the police in this state are just plain unqualified. Two go out, he comes back; he’s the one with the PO. So easy to make it look like a drowning. Unbelievable.
I would call this suspicious ….
If “no foul play is suspected” then our law enforcement officials aren’t as bright as I like to think that they are.
Yes just an innocent swim at night with someone who terrorizes you and is
violating his bail conditions.
Geeeez, if McCausland was skilled he would not be ruling out homicide before the autopsy has even begun. Let me see, the man who is swimming with her in a dark remote lake terrorized her 7 days before for which she receives a restraining order. Then she is found floating after a dark middle of the night swim with him in a remote lake with no witnesses and no lights. And this McCausland guy is still not smart enough to know that when someone dies by drowning without physical trauma, the autopsy will read the same whether the person was held under water by someone else or not. And without autopsy results, it is impossible for any of us including McCausland to know whether she was dead before she hit the water. It is so much easier to write death of as either suicide or natural causes, even if they guy who terrorized her one week before her death was physically proximate at the time of her death. This story amazes me but affirms the necessity of a private autopsy under these circumstances. May she rest in peace and may competent and intelligent law enforcement and prosecutors get involved.