A 12-year-old boy from Portland died Sunday in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook.
The Westbrook Police Department says Rachsonbath “Rex” Rasmeya went under the water around 4 p.m. near the Lincoln Street boat launch.
Portland police and Maine Warden Service dive teams were deployed to the scene. Officials say rescuers located the boy and pulled him from the river around 7 p.m..
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of death.
