Another way for our Governor to balence the budget?? I wouldn't put ANYTHING past that jerk.
Maine police arrest parollee in Colby student murder
By Glenn Adams, Associated Press, 9/23/2003
WATERVILLE, Maine -- A 47-year-old parolee is being held in the abduction and murder of Colby College student Dawn Rossignol, state police said Tuesday.
Maine State Police said they expect the Attorney General's office to charge Edward Hackett with murder in the next couple of days.
Hackett, who was on parole from a Utah prison where he served time for a 1994 kidnapping and robbery, was first arrested Monday at his parents' home in Vassalboro on a charge of parole violation.
Rossignol's body was discovered Wednesday near Messalonskee Stream in Oakland. The Colby senior, 21, was reported missing the day before when she failed to show up for a doctor's appointment in Bangor.
Her car was parked nearby, and police say she was abducted after leaving her dormitory on the campus of the Waterville liberal arts college.
Police said there was no connection between Hackett and Rossignol, and that the murder was a "random act of violence."
Police in Utah said Hackett's first conviction in that state was in 1979 for theft, and he was in and out of the state prison during the 1980s, escaping at least twice.
Maine State Police Lt. Timothy Doyle Doyle said police believe Rossignol was abducted from a parking lot after leaving her dormitory .
Hackett's arrest came a day after a funeral Mass for the dean's list student. Rossignol was from the northern Maine town of Medway.
Hundreds of people packed a church for Rossignol's funeral in St. Agatha. Gov. John Baldacci telephoned Rossignol's parents to express his condolences and pledge the state's commitment to the investigation, a spokesman said.
and my personal favorite, 9. Oaf.