Holloway went missing during a high school graduation trip with classmates and was last seen leaving a bar with Joran van der Sloot.
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Former Farmington woman identified as Jane Doe killed in 1981
Investigators tried several methods to identify the woman struck and killed by a car, but it was DNA analysis that has now brought closure to the family of Michele ‘Mimi’ Oakes Boutilier-Gautreaux.
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A baby died outside in the cold in 1985. Now police say her mother’s to blame
Maine State Police have charged Lee Ann Daigle with murder in the death of Baby Jane Doe. They say genealogical DNA identified her as the newborn’s mother. But her daughter says that she blocked out memory of the traumatic event and didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth.
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Maine’s top court upholds guilty plea in 1979 cold-case infant killing
The court declines to overrule a lower court, meaning Burton Hagar will continue to serve 15 years for manslaughter in the death of his son.
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What happened to Angel?
Angel Torres was 21 years old when he was last seen in Biddeford. His parents and police believe he was likely murdered but they don’t know why, and they don’t have a body that might yield clues.
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Nearly 40 years after infant’s death in Brunswick, father may face murder charges
PORTLAND — A retired Maine medical examiner told a judge in Cumberland County on Tuesday that she would reclassify the 1979 death of an infant in Brunswick from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to asphyxiation, a move that the state seeks so it could pursue a criminal case. Nathan Hagar, who was 4 months old, died […]
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'Doubts will linger' about teen girl's 1980 death, says defense lawyer in closing arguments
BANGOR (AP) — A defense lawyer told a judge on Monday that “doubts will linger” regardless of whether she convicts or acquits a 57-year-old man in the death of a teenage girl in 1980. Jeffrey Silverstein accused prosecutors of trying to fit a “square peg into a round hole” in its case against Phillip Scott […]
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Neuropsychologist: Man's murder confession in Maine cold case isn't credible
BANGOR (AP) — A neuropsychologist has testified that a confession from a man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl more than three decades ago in Maine isn’t credible. Dr. Robert Riley took the stand Wednesday in the trial of 57-year-old Phillip Scott Fournier, who faces a murder charge in the 1980 killing of Joyce McLain […]
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Farmington man pleads not guilty to infant’s murder 38 years ago
PORTLAND — A Maine man charged with murder nearly 38 years after the death of his baby son has pleaded not guilty. Burton “Ben” Hagar was charged with murder after being indicted last week. The death of 4-month-old Nathan was originally classified as sudden infant death syndrome. Hagar made his first court appearance Wednesday in […]
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NHS to host program on 1937 cold case
NORWAY — The Norway Historical Society is inviting residents to its latest program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, where a retired Maine State Trooper will revisit a cold case from nearly 80 years ago. The program will take place inside the Norway Grange Hall. According to a news release by the Historical Society, the […]