Maine Man Charged with Murder in 1987 Killing of His Former Girlfriend
A cold-case review in 2025 led to a grand jury indictment after investigators said Hawkes was killed in her Westbrook apartment.
- Maine State Police arrested 63-year-old Stephen Bouchard on Friday, charging him with the 1987 murder of Alice Hawkes after a Cumberland County Grand Jury indicted him Thursday.
- Hawkes was found dead inside the shared Westbrook apartment on October 4, 1987, and her death was ruled a homicide, but the case remained unsolved for decades.
- A full reinvestigation launched in 2025 by the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit-Unsolved led the Maine Attorney General's Office to seek a murder charge against Bouchard.
- Bouchard remains at the Cumberland County Jail without bail and will be arraigned in the near future, while police urge anyone with information to contact the Major Crimes Unit.
- Nearly 40 years after the 23-year-old was killed, officials have not disclosed the specific evidence details that prompted the indictment against Bouchard.
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Police Arrest Winslow Man for 1987 Murder of Alice Hawkes
The Maine State Police arrested a Winslow man on Friday in connection with the 39-year-old murder of Alice Hawkes in Westbrook. [RELATED: Maine’s ‘Coldest Missing-Person Case’ Becomes A YouTube Documentary…] At approximately 2:17 p.m., State Police Major Crimes Unit-Unsolved detectives arrested Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow, on a charge of murder after a Cumberland County [...] The post Police Arrest Winslow Man for 1987 Murder of Alice Hawke…
Boyfriend of Maine woman slain in 1987 charged with her murder
A central Maine man is accused of killing his live-in girlfriend nearly 40 years ago. Maine State Police arrested Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow on Friday. He is charged with murdering 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, according to her death certificate. Her deat…
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Maine State Police make arrest in 1987 killing of Alice Hawkes
Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow, has been charged with murder in the death of his then-girlfriend almost 40 years after her body was found at their Westbrook apartment.
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