AUBURN, Maine — After no one had heard from WCSH-TV (Channel 6) meteorologist Tom Johnston for five days, the search intensified and the Auburn Police Department, with assistance from the Maine Warden Service, found his body late Thursday.
“It is with great sadness we share with you this morning the news that Meteorologist Tom Johnston’s body was found in Auburn Thursday night,” the television station posted on its website. “He died of an apparent suicide, police said.”
He was reported missing by his girlfriend early Monday morning when he didn’t return home to Old Orchard Beach after a weekend at the Sunday River Ski Resort, where he emceed a Springfest event.
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