The photograph in Venus Nappi’s hand was faded by nearly four decades of passed time, but the smile on the baby’s face was still clear. “We keep talking about my son,” Nappi said. “I’d just like you all to know who my son was.” The woman stood at the podium Tuesday in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court, […]
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Judge rules that infant murder case against Farmington man can move forward
A judge has ruled that a 39-year-old murder case can move forward because a crime was committed when a four-month-old infant died in his crib. Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren ruled this week that evidence that has come to light since Nathan Hagar was found dead in his crib in a Brunswick apartment […]
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Nearly 40 years after infant’s death in Brunswick, father may face murder charges
PORTLAND — A retired Maine medical examiner told a judge in Cumberland County on Tuesday that she would reclassify the 1979 death of an infant in Brunswick from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to asphyxiation, a move that the state seeks so it could pursue a criminal case. Nathan Hagar, who was 4 months old, died […]
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Farmington’s Hagar gets bail after arrest 38 years after son’s death
PORTLAND (AP) — A judge has granted bail for a father charged with murder nearly 38 years after his son’s death. The lawyer for 62-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar of Farmington said he was pleased by the development but didn’t know if his client had the resources to post bail. The judge on Friday set Hagar’s […]
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Farmington man arrested in Brunswick 1979 killing of child
A Farmington man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his young son, nearly 38 years ago in Brunswick. The arrest followed the indictment of 62-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar on murder charges by a Cumberland County grand jury. Hagar, who now lives in Farmington, was arrested just before noon at his home on […]