homicide
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PublishedAugust 23, 2023
Maine woman charged with murder gets access to cellphone data she says will prove her alibi
Kailie Brackett, 39, was charged with murder in April 2022 in the death of Kimberly Neptune, who was found stabbed more than 480 times at her apartment in Pleasant Point.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
FBI announces $10,000 reward in Portland cold case
The FBI and Portland police are asking for information about the death of Frank A. Williams III, who was stabbed near Kennedy Park in 2008.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Police say public is not at risk after man killed in Augusta
A neighbor said it's hard not to worry after a 34-year-old man was found dead Friday night on Old Belgrade Road.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Changing testimony complicates man’s plea for a new trial in 1994 murder
Foster Bates was convicted in 2001 of killing Tammy Dickson, his neighbor and babysitter. But Bates has maintained his innocence in the slaying and hopes new witnesses and evidence will get him a new trial.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
Judge to weigh new DNA evidence in Dennis Dechaine case
An attorney for the man convicted of killing Sarah Cherry in 1988 is arguing for witness testimony and a crime scene reconstruction in his bid for a new trial.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Randomness of Westbrook killings puts community on edge
People are shocked and saying 'it could have been me,' says downtown business owner Joe Salisbury.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Mothers plan to appeal 2nd dismissal of wrongful death suit in teens’ killings
U.S. District Judge Jon Levy once again rules that Biddeford officers are not at fault for the 2012 murders of Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18, citing qualified immunity for police.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Woman faces murder, arson charges in deadly Caribou fire
Jason Donahue, 30, was found dead in January, a day after a fire destroyed an apartment building. The Maine Attorney General's Office is now charging Susan Kochanowski, 34, in his death.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2022
Homicide investigation turns up ‘destructive devices’ at Addison home
State police were searching a home in Addison connected to a homicide investigation when they found 'several destructive devices.'
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
As Winthrop shooting death case takes turn, officials say shooter who killed man not charged
One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.