After closing arguments Monday, the jury will get to decide what is fact and what is fiction in the murder trial resulting from the death of Valerie Tieman.
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Defense deflects blame for murder onto Luc Tieman’s brother
The prosecutor ignored the defense’s attempt to create an alternate suspect, and Luc Tieman ignored his brother after Sam Tieman took the witness stand.
Man was driving from passenger seat when van crashed into cruiser, police say
Skowhegan police say Rex Hinerman was holding the steering wheel with his left hand and waving his right hand when an officer approached his vehicle.
Drugs found in Valerie Tieman’s body did not kill her, medical examiner says
Either gunshot to the head or neck would have been fatal, former ME Dr. Clair Bryce told the jury in the murder trial of Luc Tieman.
Maine state trooper describes contents of Valerie Tieman’s shallow grave
After a warden’s dog found human remains behind Luc Tieman’s parents’ house, the police evidence team slowly took inventory.
Murder suspect’s lawyer says another man could be guilty
With a jury selected for the trial of Luc Tieman, attorney Stephen Smith argues to include an alternative suspect theory.
Waterville woman gets a year in prison for $100 robbery that injured victim
Antelsy ‘Amy’ Bellows was on probation at the time of the attack.
Waterville woman who robbed cabbie gets 6 years for trafficking opioids
Christina Marie Pena-Cantor was on probation for the robbery when she sold drugs to a police informant in the parking lot of a Burger King in Waterville.
Jury selection for murder trial of Luc Tieman underway in Somerset County court
Tieman, of Fairfield, charged in the death of his wife, Valerie, sat in a judge’s chambers as prospective jurors were interviewed by the judge and defense and prosecuting attorneys.
Jury selection to start today in Fairfield man’s murder trial in connection with 2016 slaying
Luc Tieman, 34, charged in the death of his wife Valerie, whose body was found in a shallow trench behind Tieman’s parents’ home with two bullet wounds on the head and neck.