Westbrook

On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at approximately 11:35 PM, the Westbrook Police Department received a call for a medical emergency at 34 Lamb Street. Westbrook Police and Westbrook Rescue arrived and located 59-year-old Robert Seger unresponsive in a bedroom. First responders attempted to render aid and transported Seger to Maine Medical Center in Portland where he later succumbed to his injuries. Seger had suffered multiple blunt force injuries.

His roommate, the 911 caller, 47-year-old James Fowler, said they had an argument, and he left and came back. The Westbrook Police Department requested the assistance of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South to investigate the death of Robert Seger.

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit, Maine State Police Evidence Response Team, and the Westbrook Police Department continued to investigate Seger’s death and process the scene at 34 Lamb Street. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta conducted an autopsy and determined the manner of death homicide and the cause of death blunt force trauma injuries.

An arrest warrant was obtained for 47-year-old James Fowler of Westbrook. Fowler was arrested at approximately 7:35 PM on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 34 Lamb Street for Depraved Indifference Murder and transported to the Cumberland County Jail.