Paul DeForest, 67, pleaded guilty to murder and criminal solicitation and is expected to serve 32 years in prison for the death of 58-year-old Eva Cox in January 2022.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.’