Maine Man Charged with 1987 Cold Case Murder of His Girlfriend Appears in Court
A grand jury indicted Stephen Bouchard as police kept details of the cold-case arrest sealed and a judge ordered him held without bail.
- Stephen Bouchard, 63, pleaded not guilty to murder on Monday in the 1987 death of Alice Hawkes, after his arrest last Friday in Winslow by Maine State Police.
- Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit-Unsolved reopened the cold case last year, leading the Maine Attorney General's Office to seek a murder charge against Bouchard.
- Investigators found Hawkes dead in their shared Westbrook apartment on October 4, 1987, with her throat slashed; Bouchard claimed he returned from golf to find the door locked.
- Superior Court Justice Deborah Cashman ordered Bouchard held without bail at the Cumberland County Jail following his Monday arraignment, where he appeared with attorney Peter Cyr.
- Hawkes' family stated the arrest brings "renewed hope that justice for Alice will finally be achieved," though officials have not disclosed the evidence leading to the indictment.
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Maine police arrest victim's boyfriend for 1987 murder
Maine police arrested the victim's former boyfriend, as the Maine Attorney General seek to charge him with murder, police said. The post Maine police arrest victim’s boyfriend for 1987 murder appeared first on Boston.com.
Maine man charged with 1987 cold case murder of his girlfriend appears in court
When Alice Hawkes was killed in October 1987, Stephen Bouchard told police he was locked out of the apartment the couple shared and found Hawkes dead inside when the landlord let him in.
Maine man accused in 1987 slaying pleads not guilty
The man accused of murder in a case that went cold for nearly 40 years pleaded not guilty on Monday, the Portland Press Herald reported. Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow was arrested on Friday and charged with murdering 23-year-old Alice Hawkes in 1987. Bouchard was Alice Hawkes’ live-in boyfriend at the time of her death, according to police. Her body was found on Oct. 4, 1987, in the Westbrook apartment they shared. Her throat had been slit, a…
Lewiston Sun Journal
Maine man accused of murder in 1987 cold case pleads not guilty
Stephen Bouchard, now 63 and living in Winslow, was arrested Friday in connection with the death of Alice Hawkes, who was found dead in the Westbrook apartment they shared in 1987.
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