AUGUSTA — Andrew T. Balcer was sentenced Tuesday to serve 40 years in prison for murdering both parents in the family’s Winthrop home during the early-morning hours of Halloween 2016. The hearing, before Justice Daniel Billings, took place in front of about 75 people, including the victims’ relatives and friends and a bevy of news […]
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Winthrop teen pleads guilty to murdering parents
AUGUSTA — In front of a courtroom packed with news media, Andrew Balcer, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering his parents on Halloween morning 2016. A month shy of turning 18, Balcer called police that day, saying Antonio and Alice Balcer were beyond help. Balcer confessed to detectives several times as well, but pleaded not […]
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Andrew Balcer makes new abuse allegations after parents’ Halloween killings in Winthrop
AUGUSTA — Andrew Balcer would take back the bloodshed during the darkness of early Halloween morning two years ago. The moment he snapped, plunging a hunting knife into his mother’s back as she comforted him in his bedroom. The stabbing of his father after that, and slaying of the family Chihuahua, leaving only his brother […]
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Andrew Balcer pleads not guilty to Halloween murder of parents in Winthrop
AUGUSTA — The Winthrop teenager indicted on charges of murdering his parents and aggravated cruelty to animals for killing the family’s Chihuaha pleaded not guilty Friday to all three charges. It is the first time Andrew Balcer, 19, has entered a plea in the case, which started early Halloween morning on Oct. 31, 2016, with […]
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Winthrop teen indicted on charges of murdering parents, killing family dog
AUGUSTA — A grand jury on Friday indicted 19-year-old Andrew Balcer on murder charges related to the brutal killings of his parents and a family dog during the early morning of Halloween 2016. The indictment comes less than two months after a judge decided that Balcer — who was a month shy of turning 18 […]
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Winthrop teen told police dispatcher ‘I snapped’ on night he admits killing his parents
Attorney Walter McKee and Andrew Balcer in Capital Judicial Center in Augusta on Wednesday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — A Winthrop teenager accused of killing his parents last year told a police dispatcher “I snapped” on the night of the slayings, according to court testimony Wednesday. “I don’t know why,” Andrew T. Balcer also told […]
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Judge keeps records sealed in teen’s murder case
AUGUSTA — A 17-year-old boy charged in the deaths of his parents in Maine could face up to life in prison if prosecutors succeed in charging him as an adult. The Kennebec Journal reports a judge ruled details of the double slaying will remain sealed for at least two more months. Andrew Balcer is accused […]