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Pair plead not guilty in Rumford double-homicide case

Published on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:08 pm | Last updated on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:08 pm 1 Comment
Erik J. Hamel, left, and Richard Moulton pleaded guilty to murder charges in connection to the shooting deaths of Victor Sheldon and Roger Day Jr. in Rumford in August.
PARIS — Two young men with charged shooting to death Victor Reed Sheldon and Roger Leroy Day Jr. at their Rumford home pleaded not guilty to murder in Oxford County Superior Court Tuesday.

Richard Moulton, 20, Erik J. Hamel, 19, both of Mexico were charged after Sheldon, 22, and Day, 48, were found shot to death around 10 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the house Day and Sheldon lived in on Pine Street in Rumford.

Both Moulton and Hamel were honor roll students at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford and Hamel graduated in June of 2009.

Neither Moulton nor Hamel had extensive criminal backgrounds according to Maine State Police.

Police records including a pair search warrants released by the court Tuesday show that Hamel may have agreed to shoot the Sheldon and Day for $2,000.

 


 

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