Closing arguments begin Tuesday in Houlton murder trial
Closing arguments will begin Tuesday in the trial of a 20-year-old Houlton man accused of beating and stabbing to death 61-year-old Keith Suitter more than two years ago.
Closing arguments will begin Tuesday in the trial of a 20-year-old Houlton man accused of beating and stabbing to death 61-year-old Keith Suitter more than two years ago.
HOULTON, Maine — Closing arguments will begin Tuesday in the trial of a 20-year-old Houlton man accused of beating and stabbing to death 61-year-old Keith Suitter more than two years ago.
A forensic DNA analyst for the Maine State Police crime lab said Thursday that a jacket belonging to the accused killer of a Houlton man had a mixture of the defendant’s DNA as well as blood stains belonging to the victim on it.
Police testified Tuesday that they found several articles of clothing, a hammer and a folding knife that all tested positive for blood when they searched the home of the 20-year-old defendant who is accused of beating and stabbing a Houlton man to death two years ago.
A defense attorney for a 20-year-old accused of murder in the killing of a Houlton man two years ago said during opening arguments in the trial Monday that another teen suspect in the case committed the murder.
Jury selection started Thursday is expected to continue Friday in the case against a Houlton man charged with murder in the brutal slaying of 61-year-old Keith Suitter two years ago.
After pausing to name the 11 Aroostook County soldiers who have been killed in action since 2001, a field of approximately 60 participants gathered in Houlton on Monday for a race in their honor.
The U.S. Department of Education will review applications for nearly $624,000 in grant funding for the University of Maine Presque Isle that had been rejected by the agency last month because of minor clerical errors, according to Maine’s congressional delegation.
The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a St. Francis man who killed his former girlfriend in her home three years ago.
A Houlton teenager has pleaded guilty to a murder charge in connection with the killing of a 61-year-old Houlton man in his home in 2015.