Divers search Biscay Pond for a missing Damariscotta woman on Thursday. Credit: Courtesy of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

A dive team from the Maine Warden Service has recovered the body of a Damariscotta missing woman from Biscay Pond.

Bethany Hancock, 50, was reported missing at about 6 a.m. Thursday by her husband, who had last seen her around 10 p.m. the night before, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said in a news release.

The Warden Service and Damariscotta Police Department found a swim float mat that is usually tied to the dock out floating a couple of hundred yards in front of the dock.

Searchers were unable to find Hancock using boats and a drone. A dive team from the Warden Service ultimately found her body at about 4:45 p.m.

Her death is not considered suspicious, Maine IF&W said.

Biscay Pond in Lincoln County borders the towns of Damariscotta, Bristol and Bremen.

Ethan Andrews is the night editor. He was formerly the managing editor at The Free Press and worked as a reporter for The Republican Journal and Pen Bay Pilot.