Jason Stephenson, 40, of Waterville, in front of the Universalist Unitarian Church on Silver Street Thursday as the Evening Sandwich Program opened at 4 p.m., said he was friends with Lexxi T. Sironen and that she "had a good heart."

Chelsea Letourneau speaks about her friend Lexxi T. Sironen at Head of Falls in Waterville, saying Sironen "would've helped anybody" and "loved her life."

Lexxi T. Sironen

Authorities convene Tuesday morning near the Lockwood Dam along the Kennebec River in Waterville as a body is recovered from the water. Police said Wednesday that the remains were those of Lexxi T. Sironen, a transient who had been living near the river in Waterville.