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<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Maine Weatherman,Tom Johnston, killed himself after he was reported for sex assault </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>46-year-old Johnston was the only suspect ia a case of sexual assault that occurred on April 1 at a home in Newry, Maine</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Five days after investigators tried to contact him about the rape case he was found dead in the woods in Auburn</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>He had been a meteorologist for WCSH since 2014</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Would have faced a felony charge of gross sexual assault </strong></span></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-178502" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tom-johnston2.jpg" alt="Tom Johnston2.jpg" width="751" height="492" /><strong>Meteorologist Tom Johnston committed suicide rather than face a rape trial</strong></h6>
<p>A meteorologist in Maine who committed suicide last month was named Thursday as lone suspect in a sexual assault investigation and would be charged if he were still alive, authorities announced.<br />
TV weatherman Johnston, 46, was implicated in a recent sexual assault case and would have been charged by police had the WCSH meteorologist survived instead of apparently committing suicide, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.<br />
Tom Johnston, who had been a meteorologist for WCSH since 2014, would face a felony charge of gross sexual assault in connection to a sexual assault that police say occurred on April 1 at a home in Newry and was reported the following morning from a hospital in Bridgeton, <a href="http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/05/04/police-tv-weatherman-tom-johnston-was-lone-suspect-in-sexual-assault-case-would-have-been-charged/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Morning Sentinel reported</a>.<br />
Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant told reporters Thursday, that Johnston, 46, was the only suspect in the assault and was identified by both a witness and the alleged victim, the newspaper reports.</p>
<p>Johnston, whose nickname was “TJ Thunder,” was reported missing April 3 by his girlfriend after he didn’t return home following an event at the Sunday River Ski Resort. Police found his body three days later in a wooded area in Auburn. The state medical examiner determined Johnston died of hypothermia from environmental exposure after cutting himself on both arms and losing consciousness.</p></div>
<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><img class="alignnone wp-image-178485" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/oxford-county-sheriff-wayne-j-gallant-speaks-to-reporters-thursday-in-announcing-that-deceased-tv-weatherman-tom-johnston-was-the-lone-suspect-in-a-reported-sexual-assault-in-newry.jpg" alt="Oxford County Sheriff Wayne J. Gallant speaks to reporters Thursday in announcing that deceased TV weatherman Tom Johnston was the lone suspect in a reported sexual assault in Newry.jpg" width="745" height="498" /><strong>Oxford County Sheriff Wayne J. Gallant announced Thursday that Tom Johnston was the lone suspect in a reported sexual assault in Newry</strong></h6>
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<div class="wp-caption-text featured">Gallant told reporters he believes Johnston knew he was a suspect in the assault, adding that investigators had previously left messages for him were not unable to reach him.</div>
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<p>Johnston was found dead by apparent suicide five days later in Auburn.<br />
The investigation is now closed since Johnston, the prime suspect is dead. He is not believed to have been connected to any other crimes, Gallant said.<br />
Thursday’s news conference was the first time authorities in Maine confirmed that Johnston was a suspect in the rape case, according to the<a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/04/news/state/sheriff-maine-weatherman-who-died-would-have-been-charged-in-sexual-assault-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Bangor Daily News</a>.</p>
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TV Weatherman, Tom Johnston, killed himself after he was reported for sex assault
