The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of Robert Burton, the man who shot his girlfriend to death in June 2015 in the town of Parkman and then led police on a 68-day manhunt, the longest and costliest in Maine history. Burton was convicted in October 2017 of intentional or knowing murder by a jury […]
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Robert Burton who led police on long manhunt gets 55 years for murder
Burton was found guilty in a jury trial that ended Oct. 9 of murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend in the Parkman home they had once shared. BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man who slipped into his ex-girlfriend’s home and killed her before leading police on the longest manhunt in state history […]
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Abbott man who led police on long manhunt gets 55 years for murder
BANGOR — Robert Burton was sentenced Friday to serve 55 years in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, in June 2015 in a house they once shared in Parkman. Burton sat motionless staring directly ahead as justice Robert Mullen imposed the sentence. Mullen said he was tempted to impose the life […]
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Would electronic monitoring of Robert Burton have prevented Stephanie Gebo’s death?
Robert Burton, center, listens to the guilty verdicts being read alongside his attorneys, Zachary Brandmeir, left, and Hunter Tzovarras, at Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Robert Burton’s history of domestic violence officially began in July 2000 when he reportedly used duct tape on the wrists and mouth of a girlfriend […]
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Jury finds Robert Burton guilty of murder in shooting death of ex-girlfriend
Murder defendant Robert Burton, right, confers with attorney Zachary Brandmeir before closing arguments Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor. BANGOR — Robert Burton has been found guilty of murder in the June 2015 shooting death of Stephanie Gebo inside her home in Parkman. The jury reached its verdict just before noontime Thursday after […]
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Judge denies bail for Robert Burton
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Robert Burton, who police say took the life of his ex-girlfriend in Parkman in early June and turned himself in Tuesday after eluding a manhunt for more than two months, appeared in Piscataquis County Superior Court on Wednesday. He went before Judge Kevin Stitham, who oversaw the proceeding via videoconference from the Lincoln […]
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Fugitive Robert Burton surrenders to police
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The man who spurred the longest manhunt in modern state history surrendered peacefully about noon Tuesday at the Piscataquis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. The manhunt for Robert Burton, who is wanted for murder in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend in Parkman in early June, entered its 68th day […]
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FBI joins search for murder suspect Robert Burton
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — FBI agents have joined the manhunt for Robert Burton, who is wanted in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend in Parkman in early June and has evaded capture for 45 days. “We are assisting the Maine State Police,” Special Agent Kristen Setera of the FBI Public Affairs office in Boston said early Monday. […]
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Parkman murder suspect sighted in Guilford
GUILFORD, Maine — Multiple law enforcement agencies were in the First and Second Davis Pond area of Guilford on Monday, where a sighting of Robert Burton was confirmed. Early Monday evening, roughly two dozen officers from the Maine State Police, the Maine Warden Service, the Piscataquis Sheriff’s Office and the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department converged at […]
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Police say murder suspect Robert Burton was spotted in Guilford
GUILFORD — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s office says law enforcement officials are converging on Guilford after a confirmed sighting of murder suspect Robert Burton. Officials say Burton was seen wearing full camouflage and a black pack on Monday. Law enforcement officials were focusing on the First and Second Davis Pond areas. The 38-year-old Burton has […]