2025 Annual Homicides
Compiled by the Maine Department of Public Safety
(MURDER-MANSLAUGHTER)
21 Homicides, 12 of them Domestic
2/8/25 Norridgewock
Victim: Harold Burgess, 72 years old
Suspect: Kendall Purnell, 38 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder.
2/19/25 Readfield
Victim: Margaux Whittemore, 32 years old
Suspect: Sam Whittemore, 34 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
3/1/25 Norridgewock
Victim: Chris Nickerson, 38 years old
Suspect: Daniel Markey, 59 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
3/12/25 Palmyra
Victim: Jaquan Humphries, 28 years old
Suspect: Kareem Quattlebaum, 38 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
3/21/25 Etna
Victim: Luke Norris, 41 years old
Suspect: Heidi Tasker, 38 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
3/22/25 South Berwick
Victim: Sherri Sweet, 37 years old
Suspect: Jeremiah Godfrey, 43 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
4/2/25 Sabattus
Victim: Christine Smith, 47 years old
Victim: Katherine Williams, 53 years old
Suspect: James Davis III, 29 years old
Murder Suicide
Domestic
4/12/25 Hartland
Victim: Velma Withee, 78 years old
Suspect: Bonnie Coombs, 69 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
4/19/25 Palermo
Victim: Robert Bruso, 56 years old
Suspect: Kirby Bradford, 56 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
5/17/25 Lewiston
Victim: Jasper Smith, 5 years old
Suspect: Robert McCoy, 35 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Manslaughter
Domestic
6/11/25 Chelsea
Victim: Chris Hunnewell, 43 years old
Victim: Ty Carter, 22 years old
Suspect: Juvenile male, 16 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
7/3/25 Union
Victim: Sunshine Stewart, 48 years old
Suspect: Juvenile male, 17 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
9/9/25 Milford
Victim: Fiona Brown, 3 years old
Suspect: Kelly Brown, 40 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Manslaughter
Domestic
9/9/25 Waldoboro
Victim: Leverne Kelley, 53 years old
Suspect: James Clark, 49 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
9/15/25 Windham
Victim: Erin Hayne, 33 years old
Suspect: James Ford, 48 years old
Murder Suicide
9/21/25 Corinth
Victim: Scott Roberts, 46 years old
Suspect: Jawon Owens, 27 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
10/3/25 Standish
Victim: Matthew Hamilton, 49 years old
Suspect: Lynn Perkins, 37 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic
12/24/25 Tremont
Victim: Jyoti Hawley, 78 years old
Suspect: William Hawley, 75 years old
Murder Suicide
Domestic
12/27/25 Corinth
Victim: Abigail Thomas, 41 years old
Suspect: Daniel Derosier, 22 years old
Suspect arrested and charged with Murder
Domestic