Police have issued an arrest warrant for an Alfred man who allegedly led officers on a chase into New Hampshire on Wednesday night, after his wife was found unconscious on a lawn in Eliot.

John Durfee, 66, is wanted on a felony charge of eluding police, said York Police Sgt. Tom Baran.

In a press release this afternoon, Baran urged Durfee to turn himself in.

Durfee was in the news recently as a key figure in the murder trial of Jason Twardus in York County. Twardus’ defense team positioned Durfee as the leading alternate suspect in the 2007 killing of nursing student Kelly Gorham. At the conclusion of the trial on Oct. 1 the jury convicted Twardus, Gorham’s ex-fiancee.

Around 6 p.m. Wednesday, 60-year-old Nancy Durfee was found face down on the lawn in front of 311 Goodwin Road in Eliot. She was not injured, and after she regained consciousness, Durfee told police that the last thing she remembered was traveling back to Maine from Boston with her husband. She did not remember how she got out of the car, said Eliot Police Chief Ted Short.

Witnesses told police they saw a Chevrolet Equinox driving away from Goodwin Road. Police in York located the car and chased it several miles into Dover, N.H., where the chase was called off because of traffic congestion and concerns for public safety.

 

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