2022 Annual Homicide List
Compiled by the Maine Department of Public Safety
(MURDER-MANSLAUGHTER)
29 Murders, 15 of them Domestic
1/10/22 | LUBEC | Eva Cox, 58, her boyfriend Paul Deforest was arrested and charged with murder. (DOMESTIC)
2/8/22 | PEMBROKE | Paula Johnson Pembroke, 53, was found deceased in her home on Hardy Point Road. On 7/6/22, Rebecca Moores, of Robbinston was arrested and charged with Murder.
2/14/22 | PORTLAND | Salim Al Siraj, 50, Portland. Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, 22 Portland, was arrested and charged with murder. (DOMESTIC)
2/24/22 | LOVELL | Jennifer Lingard, 41, Massachusetts. The victim’s domestic partner and the primary suspect, in this case, was found deceased in Rhode Island less than 48 hours after the homicide was found and the case has been closed. (DOMESTIC)
3/10/2022 | BIG LAKE TOWNSHIP | Darren Laney Sr.,62, Big lake Twp. Darren Laney Jr.,36, Big lake Twp., was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
3/19/22 | EASTON | Jaden Raymond, 18 months, Easton. Mariah Dobbins, 28, Easton, was indicted and charged with Murder.
4/21/22 | PERRY | Kimberly Neptune, 43, Perry. Donnell J. Dana, 38, Perry, and Kailie A. Brackett, 38, Perry, were arrested and charged with Murder.
4/26/22 | PORTLAND | Derald Coffin, 43, West Bath. Jonathan Geisinger, 44, Portland, Damion Butterfield, 22, Saco, Thomas M. MacDonald, 44, Westbrook, Anthony L. Osborne, 45, Portland, were all arrested and charged with Murder. Butterfield was also charged with Attempted Murder.
5/6/22 | BROOKS | James Cluney, 49, Brooks. Atilio Delgado, 16, Brooks, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
5/10/22 |WINDHAM | Maine Correctional Facility| Renaldo Jones, 30, Windham. Carl Williams, 38, Windham, was indicted and charged with Murder.
5/21/22 | WELLS | Octavia Huber Young, 1 year, 10 months, Wells. Andrew Huber Young, 19, Wells, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
5/24/22 | BATH | Jeanine Ross, 66, Bath. Jason Ibarra, 42, Bath, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
6/18/22 | WINTER HARBOR, Acadia National Park | Nicole Mokeme, 35, South Portland. Raymond Lester, 35, Portland, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
6/19/2022 | AUBURN | Kelzie Caron, 21, Auburn and Pierre Langlois, 21, Connecticut. David Barnett, 34, Connecticut, was arrested on a warrant for Murder.
7/16/22 | SKOWHEGAN | Alice Abbott, 20, Skowhegan. Jason Servil, 19, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
7/17/22 | MT. VERNON | Brooke McLaughlin, 14, Mt. Vernon. Aiden Grant, 15, Mt. Vernon, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
7/17/22 | LEWISTON | John Paquin, 20, Massachusetts. Mark John Sinclair, 28, Lewiston, was arrested and charged with Murder.
8/6/22 | MEXICO | Nicholas Trynor, 20, Mexico. Thomas Tellier, 52, Mexico, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
9/7/22 | PORTLAND | Walter Omar, 31, Portland. Amin Awies Mohamed, 38, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with Murder.
10/3/22 | LAMOINE | Neil Salisbury, 71, Lamoine. ACTIVE INVESTIGATION
10/5/22 | ORRINGTON | Lois Swanson, 89, Orrington. Russell Swanson, 89, Orrington, Murder-Suicide. (DOMESTIC)
10/19/22 | LEWISTON | Nicholas Blake, 37, Lewiston. Barry Zollarcoffer, 47, Lewiston, and Andrew Stallings, 36, Rumford, was arrested and charged with Murder.
11/17/22 | CHERRYFIELD | Matthew Adams, 36, Whitneyville. ACTIVE INVESTIGATION
11/18/22 | PORTLAND | Bethany Kelley, 23, Portland. ACTIVE INVESTIGATION
11/24/22 | POLAND | Gabriel Damour, 38, Poland. Justin Butterfield, 34, Poland, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
11/29/22 | PORTLAND | Tyler Flexon, 26, Portland. Tristin Chamberlain, 21, Portland, was arrested and charged with Murder.
12/11/22 | LEWISTON | Lacresha Howard, 25, Lewiston. Eddie Massie, of the Lewiston area, was arrested and charged with Murder. (DOMESTIC)
12/19/22 | RUMFORD | Drew McKenna, 23, Rumford. Shea McKenna, 27, Rumford was arrested and charged with Manslaughter (DOMESTIC)