GREENVILLE (AP) – Wardens on Monday recovered the bodies of a Pennsylvania couple who disappeared four days ago and apparently fell into icy water while snowmobiling in the Moosehead Lake area.
The bodies of 41-year-old Clifford Achenbach and his 42-year-old wife, Denise Achenbach, of Pen Argyl, Pa., were spotted by helicopter shortly before 1 p.m., frozen in the ice on the lake’s East Outlet, the Maine Warden Service said.
The couple apparently hit open water after dark Thursday night while riding their snowmobiles on the lake, Lt. Pat Dorian said. Wardens using an air boat were able to recover the bodies a few hours later.
The Achenbachs failed to return that night to their hotel in Moosehead Junction Township, near Greenville. The couple checked into the Moose Mountain Inn on March 16 and had planned to check out Saturday.
Dorian said a missing persons report Monday triggered an air and ground search involving 15 wardens.
The deaths raise the number of snowmobile fatalities in Maine for the season to eight.
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