MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • September 21, 2025
Stefanie Damron walked into the woods on the family’s property in New Sweden on September 23 of last year and has not been seen since. Federal and state authorities have mounted a massive rescue effort for Stefanie in the last year, combing through more than 4,500 acres of thick backcountry forest between Caribou and Canada with searchers on horseback, packs of trailing dogs and a half-dozen helicopters. It’s easy to get lost in Maine’s vast wilderness. It’s much harder to be found. There are about a dozen active missing persons cases in the area.