MAINE’S 26 HOMICIDES IN 1998
Compiled by the Maine Dept. of Public Safety Public Information Office
Jan, 5, 1998
1-13 | Wilton | 68 yr. old Albert Parker bludgeoned and shot in robbery at his home. Steven Holloway, 35, charged with murder
2-18 | Portland | Elizabeth Nelson-Blais, 39, beaten to death . Her boyfriend Timothy Mooney, 36, charged with murder DOMESTIC
2-26 | Calais | Faith St Yves, 1 month old, suffocated and body kept in a box for 3 weeks Her father, Thomas St. Yves, charged with manslaughter DOMESTIC
4-1 | South Paris | Sara Raymond, 23, shot and killed by husband, James Raymond,36, who shoots and kills himself (Murder-Suicide) DOMESTIC
4-4 | Portland | Robert Joyal,17, stabbed to death in a fight in Denny’s parking lot. Seiha Srey, 14, charged with murder
4-4 | Gorham | Paul Batchelder, 38, shot to death in robbery attempt at gas station. Shawn Libby, 19, and Robert Katzianer,20 , charged with murder
4-10 | Portland | Soheyla Nosrati, 40, shot to death by husband, Karim Nosrati, 46, who shoots and kills himself (Murder-Suicide) DOMESTIC
4-28 | Old Orchard Beach | Jake Belisle, 4 months, dies of a skull fracture while in care of
baby-sitter. Virginia Stanley, 44, charged with manslaughter
4-30 | Buxton | Dawn Leighton,34, stabbed to death in her home . Rob Reichest, 25, charged with murder
6-3 | Windham | Angela Perry,36, suffocated by husband, James Perry, 36, who kills himself (Murder-Suicide) DOMESTIC
6-23 | Wiscasset | Chelsea Taplin, 1 yr old, shaken and beaten by stepfather, Erik Hart, 27,
DOMESTIC
7-15 | Augusta | Mary Turner, 87 strangled in her home and house set afire. Manchester | Kristen Smith, 16, bludgeoned by step father, John L’Heureax, 28, who is charged and convicted of murder in both cases after pleading guilty DOMESTIC
8-15 | Columbia Falls | Victor Zuniga, 32, migrant blueberry worked stabbed to death . Fellow worker, Dorroteo Becarra, 34, charged with murder and remains a fugitive
8-23 | Yarmouth | Amy Gaines, 24 thrown off Cousin’s Island Bridge . Everett Ashby, 25, charged with manslaughter
8-29 | Skowhegan | Robert MacDonald, 2, dies in running car with heater left on. His mother, Jennifer Pillsbury , 27, charged with manslaughter DOMESTIC
9-3 | Sanford | Howard LaFoe, 63, stabbed to death in his home in robbery. Raymond Junkins, 42, charged with murder
9-9 | Brunswick | Lucille Moore, 62, bludgeoned with hammer . Her 29 year old son, Darren Moore, charged with murder DOMESTIC
10-21 | Augusta | Candace Butler, 42, shot and killed by husband, David Butler,43, who shoots and kills himself (Murder-Suicide) DOMESTIC
11-9 | Danforth | Bobby Brown, 43, shot to death. Randy McGowan, 42, charged with murder
11-14 | Lebanon | Regina Trogdon, 42, strangled . Her boyfriend, Charles Whitehouse, 29, charged with murder. DOMESTIC
12-7 | Caribou | Tina Cousins, 30 and her two children, Cortina, 4, and Cote, 2, shot to death by husband and father, Leigh Cousins, 34, who shots and kills self. (Triple Murder-Suicide) DOMESTIC
12-11 | South West Harbor | Andrea Lockhart, 32, beaten to death. Her husband, Stephen Lockhart, 34, charged with murder. DOMESTIC
12-18 | Biddeford | Claire Emerson, 79, beaten to death in her home in robbery. Christopher Wynne, 18, charged with murder.