AUBURN — Albert Flick, 77, remains behind bars at the Androscoggin County Jail awaiting trial. Flick is charged with stabbing Kimberly Dobbie, 48, to death on July 15. A jury trial is expected in July, according to the Androscoggin Superior Court. At the time of the stabbing, Dobbie was outside a Lewiston laundromat with her […]
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GoFundMe account established for Dobbie’s twin sons
A GoFundMe account has been established to raise money for Kimberly Dobbie’s 11-year-old sons following her murder Sunday. Albert Flick, 76, of Auburn is charged in the killing. The GoFundMe Kim Dobbie Memorial Benefit has been established by Mary Arata, a friend of Dobbie’s from Massachusetts, according to an email Wednesday from Arata. “I’m a […]
Lewiston library staff: Murder suspect had 'bad vibe'
LEWISTON — David Moorhead says the first time he saw Albert Flick, “I got a bad vibe. Not a murderer vibe, but a bad vibe.” In the weeks before Kimberly Dobbie was fatally stabbed Sunday morning, Dobbie and Flick came to the Lewiston Public Library with her 11-year-old sons, according to Moorhead, the children’s librarian. […]
Auburn man held without bail in fatal stabbing of Lewiston woman
AUBURN — A judge denied bail Wednesday for Albert Flick, the 76-year-old Auburn man accused of fatally stabbing a woman Sunday in front of her 11-year-old sons. Flick was not asked to enter a plea when making his initial court appearance following the stabbing outside Rancourt’s Laundromat on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Flick’s defense attorney, […]
Police: Victim never reported stalking
LEWISTON — If being stalked, one should report it to the police and keep details of how, when and where the stalking has occurred, police said. Kimberly Dobbie did not tell police she was being stalked by Albert Flick, according to Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. St. Pierre said Tuesday he had “double […]
Judge believed Lewiston murder suspect with history of attacks was too old to pose a threat
UPDATE: Auburn man held without bail in fatal stabbing of Lewiston woman The 76-year-old man charged with stabbing a woman to death Sunday morning in Lewiston had a nearly 40-year pattern of killing or attacking women, but eight years ago a judge in Portland said Albert Flick would soon be too old to pose a threat to society. […]
‘Her smile will be eternal:’ Candlelight vigil honors Lewiston stabbing victim
LEWISTON — Friends of Kimberly Dobbie gathered Monday night on the sidewalk where she was killed the day before to share stories of the mother whose “smile is eternal.” Dobbie’s friends Laura Kirkland and Kathy Cormier organized the candlelight vigil to honor and remember her. Other friends brought signs saying she was loved and missed, […]
Friends: Suspect stalked Kim Dobbie ‘from morning til night’
LEWISTON — Before she was stabbed to death Sunday, Kimberly Dobbie was days away from moving out of a shelter and into an apartment in Jay, according to her friends. She was upset because Albert Flick, the man now charged with her murder, would not leave her alone. In a bedroom of the Hope Haven […]
Auburn man who murdered wife in 1979 charged with fatal Lewiston stabbing
LEWISTON — Police have charged 76-year-old Albert Flick with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Kimberly Dobbie on Sunday morning in Lewiston. Flick was convicted of killing his wife in 1979, also by stabbing. He was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison and was released Oct. 6, 2000. According to the Department […]
Woman fatally stabbed on Lewiston sidewalk
UPDATE: Auburn man charged with murder in stabbing death LEWISTON — A local woman died Sunday after being stabbed in front of a laundromat on Sabattus Street, police said. The victim was identified as Kimberly Dobbie, 48, who lived at Hope Haven Gospel Mission on Lincoln Street, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen […]