Murder in Maine
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total%
Jan 0 4 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 5.17
Feb 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2.58
Mar 2 4 7 7 1 3 4 1 3 11.81
Apr 3 2 6 2 3 0 2 3 2 8.49
May 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 4.06
Jun 4 3 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 6.64
Jul 2 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 6 7.38
Aug 1 2 4 4 3 3 1 3 3 8.86
Sep 1 1 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 6.64
Oct 2 5 6 3 4 0 5 4 2 11.44
Nov 5 2 1 7 3 3 0 3 1 9.23
Dec 1 4 3 5 2 3 5 0 5 10.33
Total 22 30 37 40 29 24 25 16 28 20
Murder by Weapon
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total%
Handgun 6 15 15 11 6 6 8 5 32.3
Shotgun 2 1 1 8 3 0 2 1 8.1
Rifle 1 2 5 5 2 0 1 0 7.2
Firearm, undetermined 1 0 1 0.9
Knife 6 5 3 6 6 8 1 1 16.1
Blunt Inst. 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 5.4
Hands, Feet 4 2 0 4 3 2 4 0 8.5
Drowning 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.3
Motor Vehicle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.4
Fire 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 1 5.4
Strangle/Hang 1 2 7 1 3 0 2 2 8.1
Other 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 5 6.3
Total 22 30 37 40 29 24 25 16
All Firearms 9 18 21 24 11 7 11 7
Age of Person Arrested for Murder
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total%
17 and
under 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 5.8
18-24 6 4 7 7 11 5 2 1 27.9
25-29 3 6 5 6 7 3 4 1 22.7
30-34 0 1 3 3 4 2 0 1 9.1
35-39 4 2 0 2 2 4 1 1 10.4
40 and 4 10 3 9 4 3 4 0 24.0
over
Total 19 23 18 31 28 18 13 4
Relationship of Victim to Murderer
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total
Victim Knows 10 14 16 20 20 19 15 13 22 149
Stranger 1 6 13 9 6 1 8 1 1 46
No Information 11 10 8 15 9 4 2 2 5 66
Total Murders 22 30 37 44 35 24 25 16 28 20
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total%
Victim Knows 45.5 46.7 43.2 45.5 57.1 79.2 60.0 81.3 78.6 57.1
Stranger 4.5 20.0 35.1 20.5 17.1 4.2 32.0 6.3 3.6 17.6
No Information 50.0 33.3 21.6 34.1 25.7 16.7 8.0 12.5 17.9 25.3
Sex of Persons Arrested for Murder
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total
Male 18 23 26 32 27 15 20 6 21 188
Female 1 1 2 5 4 3 1 8 1 26
Total 19 24 28 37 31 18 21 14 22 214
Arrests
% Female 5% 4% 7% 14% 13% 17% 5% 57% 5% 12%
Source: Crime in Maine and other data from Maine Department of Public Safety; new data entered when available.
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