Experts for the state testify that there is no way to determine whether the DNA came from the scene of Sarah Cherry’s 1988 murder, saying it could just be contamination from one of the many people who handled the evidence over the years.
Emily Allen
Staff Writer
Emily Allen covers courts for the Portland Press Herald. It's her favorite beat so far — before moving to Maine in 2022, she reported on a wide range of topics for public radio in West Virginia and was the City Hall reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. Emily is not a fan of the cold, but she puts up with Maine's challenging winters because she loves the state's beautiful hiking options ... once the snow has cleared.
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Dechaine defense attorneys say new DNA results point to unknown suspect in 1988 killing
Dennis Dechaine is making a bid for a new trial after spending 36 years in prison for the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry.
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State says it’s the rightful owner of sunken ship near Bar Harbor
The state is intervening in a lawsuit after a Maine company asked a federal judge to ‘arrest’ a sunken ship from the 1800s that it wants to salvage.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Dennis Dechaine appears in court for 2-day hearing for new trial request
Dechaine, who was convicted in 1989 of killing Sarah Cherry, will be in court Thursday and Friday in Rockland to ask for a new trial based on new DNA evidence.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Prosecutors, defense agree there’s only ‘circumstantial’ evidence in deadly 2016 shooting
A dozen jurors started deliberating Wednesday afternoon about whether Aristotle Stilley shot David Anderson and Abdirahman Abdullahi.
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Prosecutors say phone records place shooting suspect near site of 2016 killing
The records are a crucial part of the state’s case against Aristotle Stilley; prosecutors have few other pieces of physical evidence directly tying him to the death of 36-year-old David Anderson in 2016.
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Man settles sexual abuse lawsuit against Maine’s Catholic church as dozens more await ruling
The man had alleged he was abused in 1948, when he was an eighth-grader in Rumford, by the Rev. Lucien Joseph Mandeville. The terms of the settlement have not been released.
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Lead detective takes stand in trial over 2016 Portland shooting
Aristotle Stilley, the man accused of killing David Anderson and wounding Abdirahman Abdullah barely came up in detective Jeffrey Tully’s three hours of testimony on Friday.
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Key questions in Popham Beach lawsuit will head to trial
A judge has agreed the Tappens and the Hills, who both own homes in a subdivision on Popham Beach, have raised fair questions about land ownership that merit a trial.
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Third day of testimony in Portland 2016 killing focuses on the gun, suspect’s height
Aristotle Stilley, 27, has been charged with the 2016 murder of David Anderson and the aggravated assault of Abdirahman Abdullahi.