woman found in river lice was unable to give a cause of death. The autopsy was conducted by assistant Chief Medical Examiner Ronald Roy. Love said the medical examiner would conduct additional toxicology tests with the expectation of determining a cause of death by sometime next week. Love said that based on the missing-person report, police believe that Brochu's body had been in the water since she was reported missing. Without a known cause, he said, the death is currently labeled suspicious. Brochu was last seen alive at a Waterville restaurant and lounge on Dec. 23. According to news' reports about her disappearance, Brochu spent the evening at a bowling alley ( drinking and bowling with friends where she met two men, bowling in the next lane. After bowling, the group gathered at Body of By Brenda Seekins Mid-Maine Bureau PITTSFIELD - The body of a Winslow woman missing since Dec. 23 was discovered in the Sebasticook River in Pittsfield about 6:30 a.m. Friday morning. body of Janet Brochu, 20, was discovered by Pittsfield resident Christopher Anthony while he was checking his hydro-power station at the Waverly Avenue Dam. Brochu had been the subject of an extensive search and investigation after she was reported missing by her parents on Dec. 24. After an autopsy at Kennebec Valley Medical Center in Augusta, Lt. Charles Love of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Maine State Po- T. Woody's in the Waterville Concourse. Brochu was refused service at the lounge because she was under age and was asked to leave, the reports said. She reportedly left the lounge in the company of one of the men she met earlier, who offered her a ride home. He reportedly returned to the lounge to retrieve her pocketbook, telling her friends he was giving her a ride home. The man later told investigators that upon returning to Brochu, he found her ill and refused to give her a ride. Brochu's friends reportedly did not leave the bar for another 45 minutes. Brochu was a severe diabetic in need of regular insulin, reports said. Love said the investigation into Brochu's disappearance will be reviewed and continued depending on the cause of death.
