Maine State Police investigating deaths of 2 people found inside Franklin County home
The bodies of a male and a female were found inside the home on the Havey Road in New Sharon.
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Police checking on the well-being of a New Sharon resident found the bodies of two adults inside a home on Havey Road on Monday morning, according to a statement from Katy England, spokeswoman for the Maine State Police.
State police troopers and a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputy went to the home around 9:40 a.m. and discovered the bodies of one man and one woman.
Crime scene technicians and analysts from the Maine State Police Evidence Response Team spent most of the day and evening at the residence. Detectives from the Major Crimes Unit South are investigating the circumstances of their deaths.
January 26, 2021
UPDATE: The deceased are identified as 42-year-old Jessica Dapolito (homicide) and 55-year-old Robert Dapolito (suicide). Both individuals died from gunshot wounds.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Maine State Police yesterday, Jan. 25, received a call to check the well-being of an individual on the Havey Road in New Sharon.
Upon their arrival, they discovered the adult bodies of one male and one female. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is expected to conduct post-mortem examinations on the deceased individuals today, Jan. 26.
Crime scene technicians and analysts from the Maine State Police Evidence Response Team are processing the scene.
Detectives from the Major Crimes Unit – South continue to investigate the circumstances.
UPDATE: Police identify New Sharon deaths as domestic violence murder-suicide
A man and woman were found dead in a New Sharon residence Monday. Police say both died from gunshot wounds.
Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Published: 6:39 PM EST January 25, 2021 Updated: 5:33 PM EST January 26, 2021
NEW SHARON, Maine
UPDATE: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m.
Maine State Police said Tuesday that after conducting the post-mortem examinations, the state medical examiner s office has determined that a man and women found dead in New Sharon on Monday died in a domestic violence-homicide-suicide.
Police identified the woman as 42-year-old Jessica Dapolito and the man as 55-year-old Robert Dapolit.
State Police Say New Sharon Deaths are Murder-Suicide
Maine State Police are investigating after a man and woman were found dead in New Sharon.
In answer to a request for a well-being check, a State Trooper and a Franklin County Sheriff s Deputy went to a residence on the Hovey Road in New Sharon, just after 9:30 Monday morning. When they went inside the house, they discovered the adult bodies of a male and female.
On Tuesday, the deceased were identified as 42-year-old Jessica Dapolito and 55-year-old Robert Dapolito. Police say Robert Dapolito shot Jessica before turning the gun on himself. The deaths have been ruled a domestic violence murder-suicide.
New Sharon man killed his partner, then himself, police say
Police found the bodies of Jessica Dapolito, 42, and Robert Dapolito, 55, on Monday at their house on Hovey Road.
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NEW SHARON Domestic partners Robert Dapolito, 55, and Jessica Dapolito, 42, died Monday in a murder-suicide at their house on Hovey Road in New Sharon, according to the Maine State Police.
Robert Dapolito shot his longtime companion and then himself, the State Police confirmed Tuesday in a statement released to the news media. The couple were together for 23 years but never married, according to a relative.
State Police say Robert Dapolito, 55, fatally shot his domestic partner, Jessica Dapolito, 42, and then himself at their house on Hovey Road in New Sharon.