PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — A chilly case with Maine ties is closed.
A Maine man is accused of killing a girl in Massachusetts many years in the past.
Investigators introduced Thursday they’ve solved the homicide of an Ayer lady in 1980.
The Middlesex District Legal professional now says Joseph Leo Boudreau, previously of Ogunquit killed 48-year-old Katharina Reitz Forehead.
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The DA says genetic testing led to a DNA match of proof on the scene that might solely be Boudreau.
“We now — may be clear as to who the killer of Mrs. Brown was,” says Marian Ryan, Middlesex district legal professional.
“I am grateful on behalf of the city that we could lastly be capable to carry some closure on behalf of the forehead household and a measure of justice to Katharina,” says Chief Brian Gill, Ayer, MA Police.
Katharina Reitz Forehead was discovered murdered in her trailer dwelling in Ayer on Could 21, 1980. She had been killed between 7:10 a.m., when her husband left for work, and 10:45 a.m., when her physique was discovered.
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Forehead was stabbed 30 occasions and had wounds telling she had been struck repeatedly with a blunt object.
Her purse and money had been lacking from the scene.
Boudreau had a earlier theft conviction from 1975 however was by no means tied to Forehead’s loss of life.
Boudreau then moved to Maine in 1987 and died in 2004 at 61-years-old.
In line with the Middlesex DA’s Workplace, a unique man was convicted of Forehead’s loss of life in 1983, however his conviction was vacated in 2001.
