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Unsolved Homicides

Pauline Rourke

Case date: 1976

Town: Fairfield

Rourke was reported missing on 12-15-76. She lived in a mobile home with Albert P. Cochran. Rourke was last seen by her daughter. Her daughter reported overhearing her mother and Cochran arguing the night before she disappeared. Rourke was scheduled to be interviewed by State Police investigators in reference to the Janet Baxter homicide as a possible witness against Cochran.

Cochran was convicted of the murder of Janet Baxter in 1998 and denies any knowledge of Rourke's disappearance. Rourke's body has not been recovered.

Contact Maine State Police, CID II, 36 Hospital Street, Augusta, ME 04330, telephone (207) 624-7143

Contact the Maine State Police, Criminal Investigation Division with information regarding this murder. You may also report information about this crime using the online Report a Crime form.