The Maine Warden Service says the body of 41-year-old skydiving instructor Brett Bickford has been found. Credit: Maine Warden Service | CBS 13

The body of Brett Bickford, 41, was found by search and rescue crews Friday evening in Lebanon after going missing Thursday afternoon, according to a release from Game Warden Corporal John MacDonald of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.

Bickford’s body was found 750 feet southwest from the Lebanon Airport runway just before 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to MacDonald.

The search team consisted of four game wardens, a state trooper and two members of the Maine Association for Search and Rescue. Officials continue to investigate the cause of the incident.

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