MAINE'S 16 HOMICIDES FOR 2016
(MURDER-MANSLAUGHTER)
Compiled by the Maine Department of Public Safety
Steve McCausland, Public Information Officer
FINAL as of1/11/17
1/11 | FAIRFIELD - newborn boy dies on December 30 and body is discovered inside garage on 1/11. Baby's mother - Kayla Stewart, 20, is charged with murder and manslaughter DOMESTIC
1/14 | WINDHAM -Alicia Gaston, 34, is shot to death insider her home. Her husband, Noah Gaston, 34, is charged with murder. DOMESTIC
3/5 | SEBAGO - Charles Cross, 66, is shot and killed in the driveway of his home. A friend, David Pinkham, 67, is charged with murder.
3/15 | PORTLAND - David Anderson, 36, is shot to death inside an apartment on Gilman St. Portland Police are investigating
4/9 | ST ALBANS - Randy Erving, 53, is shot to death at his home. His nephew, Jeremy Erving, 24, is charged with murder.
6/1 | WILTON - Michael Reis, 24, is shot to death outside the home of Timothy Danforth, 24, of Wilton. Danforth is indicted for murder and manslaughter in August.
6/10 | LIMINGTON - Douglas Flint, 55, is killed at his home with a machete. His neighbor, Bruce Akers, 57, is charged with murder
7/21 | PRESQUE ISLE - Leo Corriveau, 86, is strangled outside his home. A friend, Robert Craig, 80, is charged with murder.
8/15 | FALMOUTH - Roger Nelsen, 67, dies from stab wounds. His longtime room-mate, Kenneth Briggs, 27, is charged with murder. DOMESTIC
8/25 | FAIRFIELD - Valerie Tieman, 34, shot to death at her home and buried in the yard. Her husband, Luc Tiernan, 32, charged with murder. DOMESTIC
9/26 | BIDDEFORD - Jonathan Methot, 30, shot to death in apartment. Timothy Ortiz, 20, from Brooklyn, NY charged with murder. DRUGS
10/15 | SHERMAN - Douglas Morin, 31, found dead in a car on a remote road. Three people from MA have been charged with murder - Marcus Asante, 20, Darin Goulding, 27, and Tia Ludwick, 23. DRUGS
10/31 | WINTHROP-Antonio and Alice Balcer, both 47, are stabbed to death inside their home. Their 17 year old son, Andrew Balcer, is charged with two counts of murder.
DOUBLE HOMICIDE - BOTH DOMESTIC
11/27 | NAPLES - Richard Diekema, 55, is shot and killed inside his home by Norman Strobel, 59, who is later killed by Cumberland deputies in a confrontation. Earlier Strobel had wounded a man inside a home in Casco.
12/8 | HEBRON - Claire Randall, 27, is shot and killed inside her family's home by her father - Daniel Randall, 56, who shoots and kills himself. MURDER-SUICIDE - DOMESTIC
2016 SUMMARY
7 OF THE 16 HOMICIDES WERE DOMESTIC,
AT LEAST TWO HOMICIDES WERE DRUG RELATED,
9 INVOLVED GUNS, AND FOUR VICTIMS WERE STABBED