The Oxford County Sheriff's Office said in a news conference Thursday that former WCSH meteorologist Tom Johnston, whose body was discovered on April 6 after an apparent suicide, was a suspect in a gross sexual assault that occurred in the town of Newry on April 2.
Police are searching for Tom Johnston, a meteorologist at WCSH6-TV in Portland & WLBZ2-TV in Bangor. He is considered a missing person, and hasn't been seen since Saturday.