86-year-old victim enjoyed being outside and clearing land to make a living
Police continued Tuesday to investigate the homicide death of Leo Corriveau, who lived alone in a home on Route 1.
Corriveau, who was found dead in his mobile home on U.S. Route 1 by relatives Saturday afternoon, was a father of nine children and a longtime Presque Isle resident who ran his own timberland business, according to family members.
An autopsy performed Sunday by the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta concluded that Corriveau’s death was a homicide, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Monday.
Further details about the cause of death and the ongoing investigation have not been released.
Corriveau’s family members gathered at his home Tuesday morning, and one relative, while declining to be identified, said in a statement: “We are deeply upset and shocked. He was loved and will be missed. He enjoyed being outside.”
Police were not at his home Tuesday morning.
Corriveau had lived at the Houlton Road home since the late 1980s and worked as a forestry entrepreneur, buying land, harvesting the timber and selling it, according to Jeffrey Brown, his closest neighbor.
“I knew Leo going on probably 30 years,” Brown said, adding that he last saw him Thursday evening. “He was a good neighbor and nice man.”
