Three and a half months of uncertainty came to end Tuesday night when a discovery confirmed what many had long feared: teenage snowmobiler Richard “Shaw” Jackson had plunged into the frigid waters of China Lake on his way home from work. Jackson’s body was found by two fishermen around 6...
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Body of Missing Teen Found
Four months after he disappeared while riding a snowmobile, the body of 18-year-old Richard “Shaw” Jackson has been found in China Lake in Vassalboro. Jackson disappeared January 1 while snowmobiling home from a friend’s business. Officials searched the area for days, but turned up nothing. Jackson’s body was found Tuesday...
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Search for Missing Snowmobiler Suspended
The search has been suspended for 18-year-old Richard “Shaw” Jackson of China. The snowmobiler went missing last Friday night. Game Wardens say the case will remain open, and a pilot will periodically fly over the China Lake area to look for any sign of Jackson. Authorities and volunteers from snowmobile...
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Snowmobile tracks discovered on lake
CHINA, Maine — Searchers looking for a missing teenager Monday night found snowmobile tracks leading into the open waters of the west cove of China Lake, according to the Maine Warden Service. Richard “Shaw” Jackson, 18, an Erskine Academy junior, has been missing since Friday night. More than a dozen...
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Search Resumes for Missing Snowmobiler
Richard “Shaw” Jackson, 18, hasn’t been seen since he left a snowmobile repair shop on New Year’s day. The Maine Warden Service is resuming its search today for a missing 18-year-old Erskine Academy student who disappeared in the South China area after driving his snowmobile away from a repair shop...
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