PORTLAND — Convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine is scheduled for hearings in Portland Superior Court on Thursday and Friday for what could be his final bid for a new trial in the 1988 torture and murder of then 12-year-old Sarah Cherry. Rockland-based lawyer Steven C. Peterson, who represents Dechaine, said Wednesday that months of DNA analysis […]
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LAX suspect set out to kill multiple TSA officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected in the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport set out to kill multiple employees of the Transportation Security Administration and hoped the attack would “instill fear in their traitorous minds,” authorities said Saturday. Paul Ciancia was so determined to take lives that, after shooting a […]
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Police identify two people killed in apparent stabbing, standoff in Old Town
OLD TOWN — A Maine State Police trooper shot and killed a man who reportedly stabbed his girlfriend to death Wednesday night in a downtown apartment. Police identified the couple on Thursday morning as April Haskell, 35, and Christopher Ouellette, 28, both from the Old Town area, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman […]
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Hampton, N.H., death investigated as homicide
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says a man found dead at his home in Hampton was killed in a homicide. Authorities say an autopsy has determined that 56-year-old Robert Roderick died of multiple blunt impact injuries to his head. His death has been ruled a homicide. Roderick was found dead around […]
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Ground broken for Maine murder victims’ memorial
AUGUSTA (AP) — Ground has been broken on a memorial in Augusta to the state’s murdered children. Gov. Paul LePage was among those who took part in the ceremony Sunday at Holy Family Cemetery. Arthur Jette heads the Maine chapter of Parents of Murdered Children. He said he hopes the memorial serves as a place […]
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Mainers to remember murder victims Wednesday; groundbreaking of memorial in Augusta set Sunday
AUGUSTA — Two gatherings will be held in Augusta this week in memory of murder victims. The Maine Chapter of the Parents of Murdered Children and other survivors of homicide victims will take part in the seventh annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Fireplace Room at […]
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Colby College bell to toll for student’s murder 10 years ago
WATERVILLE (AP) — The bell at Colby College’s Lorimer Chapel will ring 10 times on Monday for the 10 years that have passed since a 21-year-old student was abducted and murdered by a prison parolee. Dawn Rossignol of Medway was kidnapped in a parking lot at the Waterville college just after 7 a.m. on Sept. […]
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4 men given death sentences in India gang rape
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the widespread mistreatment of women and the government’s inability to deal with […]
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High court to decide if 911 transcripts in Biddeford shootings will be released
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will consider Sept. 9 whether the transcripts of 911 calls made in connection with a Dec. 29 shooting in Biddeford that left two people dead and another wounded should be released. It is one of more than 20 appeals the court will consider next month. James Pak, 74, […]
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Trenton man pleads not guilty to slaying
ELLSWORTH (AP) — A Maine man police said killed another man, withdrew money from the victim’s bank account, drove the victim’s car and even told some people he was the other man has pleaded not guilty to murder. WABI-TV (http://bit.ly/19O64Dz ) reported that William Morse of Trenton entered his plea Thursday in Hancock County court. […]