ME man gets 12 years in prison for 1984 killing

BELFAST, Maine — A Stockton Springs man pleaded responsible to manslaughter on Friday and can serve 12 years in jail. 

Kirt Damon pleaded responsible for his involvement within the loss of life of Dorothea Burke again in 1984. A choose then sentenced him to jail. A NEWS CENTER Maine photojournalist was within the courtroom when the sentence was issued. 

Burke’s reason behind loss of life was blunt power trauma to the pinnacle by both a baseball bat or a chunk of wooden. 

Forensic proof included crimson fibers discovered on Demon’s shirt, together with confetti from a marriage reception that each he and the sufferer attended that day. 

Burke’s physique was discovered 5 days after being reported lacking in 1984. She was 63 on the time of her loss of life. 

“There was clearly some work that was accomplished on the Maine State Crime Laboratory close to the fibers that have been discovered on Dot, in addition to in gadgets that have been on the scene. There was work accomplished on the confetti that we have been in a position to set up that hyperlink. That was what pulled it collectively at this specific time, in addition to the defendant’s former wives coming ahead and sharing with the state what Kirt Damon had informed them,” Leane Zainea, assistant legal professional basic, stated.

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