The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of Robert Burton, the man who shot his girlfriend to death in June 2015 in the town of Parkman and then led police on a 68-day manhunt, the longest and costliest in Maine history. Burton was convicted in October 2017 of intentional or knowing murder by a jury […]
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Robert Burton who led police on long manhunt gets 55 years for murder
Burton was found guilty in a jury trial that ended Oct. 9 of murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend in the Parkman home they had once shared. BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man who slipped into his ex-girlfriend’s home and killed her before leading police on the longest manhunt in state history […]
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FBI joins search for murder suspect Robert Burton
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — FBI agents have joined the manhunt for Robert Burton, who is wanted in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend in Parkman in early June and has evaded capture for 45 days. “We are assisting the Maine State Police,” Special Agent Kristen Setera of the FBI Public Affairs office in Boston said early Monday. […]
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Parkman murder suspect sighted in Guilford
GUILFORD, Maine — Multiple law enforcement agencies were in the First and Second Davis Pond area of Guilford on Monday, where a sighting of Robert Burton was confirmed. Early Monday evening, roughly two dozen officers from the Maine State Police, the Maine Warden Service, the Piscataquis Sheriff’s Office and the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department converged at […]
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Police seek suspect in killing of Parkman woman
PARKMAN — Police are looking for a man with a long history of domestic violence who may be connected with the homicide of his ex-girlfriend Friday morning. They are asking the public for help in locating him. Police want to question Robert G. Burton, 38, who lived with the woman until recently, Maine State Police […]
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Police investigating death of Parkman man
PARKMAN — The death of local resident David Grant, whose body was found at his Packard Road home late Tuesday night, left one of his neighbors feeling nervous. Rob Burton, who lives just down the narrow dirt road from where Maine State Police and media had congregated Wednesday, stopped his truck as he was driving […]
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State police investigate death of Piscataquis County man
PARKMAN — One man is dead and another injured in an overnight incident in Piscataquis County, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. McCausland said David Grant, 61, was found dead at his Packard Road home on Tuesday night. A second man, whose name was not disclosed, was seriously injured. The spokesman said the […]