Children playing in the woods find body of missing Maine teacher, suicide confirmed
Reports have confirmed that the missing elementary school teacher from Maine, who disappeared last week from her home, was found dead on the afternoon of October 5 after she took her own life. According to the authorities, children who had been playing in the woods near Kristin Westra's home were the ones who discovered her remains.
A statement from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office revealed a post-mortem examination was performed on the 47-year-old's body over the weekend and it confirmed that she died by suicide. The mother-of-two vanished from her home late on September 30 or early on October 1. Her body was found by the children deep in the woods behind her home in North Yarmouth.
PEOPLE reported that according to Jay Westra, her husband, the couple had gone to bed by about 8 pm on September 30 but Kristin, who was a teacher at Chebeague Island School, was not there when he woke up on October 1 and her phone, car, and keys had been in the home. Jay immediately reported her as missing after this.