Pauline Rourke of Fairfield Center disappeared in 1976 and is believed to have been killed by Albert Cochran, who died in June.
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Portland man charged with assaulting 8-week-old daughter
Police say the infant suffered a serious injury and had to be hosptalized.
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Numerous ‘drive by shootings’ involving pellet guns reported in Parsonsfield
York County sheriff’s deputies take numerous reports of damage to cars and homes in the York County town.
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Man charged with hiding cameras in bathroom of York rental home
York police say Joseph J. McGrath spied on friends and family, including children.
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Florida octogenarian sentenced to 33 years for killing in Maine
Robert Craig was convicted in July in the death of 86-year-old Leo Corriveau in his Presque Isle mobile home.
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Teen sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing in Houlton
Samuel Geary was 16 at the time but was charged as an adult in the killing of Keith Suitter.
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Death of homeless man in downtown Portland ruled a homicide
Police are looking for a person of interest seen with Sunao Thomas Yamada, 54, shortly before his body was found Sunday on Temple Street.
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Police track Maine suspect’s movements leading up to quadruple slayings
As a judge orders a psych evaluation for the Rockport man accused of murdering his mother, two grandparents and a caretaker, the DA says the victims were bludgeoned and a baseball bat was found nearby.
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Leroy Smith pleads guilty to 2014 killing of father in Gardiner
Justice Michaela Murphy immediately committed Smith to the Riverview Psychiatric Center for an undetermined period of time after he was found not criminally responsible for the killing of his father, Leroy Smith Jr.
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Family friend says Rockport suspect’s mother, her parents, caretaker were slain
Orion Krause, 22, is expected to be arraigned Monday morning in Massachusetts on four counts of murder.