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Maine Man Indicted and Arrested in 1987 Killing of Alice Hawkes

A 2025 cold-case review by state police prompted prosecutors to bring the case to a Cumberland County grand jury.

Overview

  • Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow, was arrested by Maine State Police on a murder charge in the 1987 death of Alice Hawkes in Westbrook.
  • Bouchard is being held at the Cumberland County Jail with an arraignment pending.
  • A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Bouchard after the Maine Attorney General’s Office sought a charge based on the renewed investigation.
  • Hawkes was found dead on Oct. 4, 1987, in the apartment she shared with Bouchard, whose original account to police described running errands, being locked out, and entering with the landlord to find her body.
  • State police asked anyone with information to call the Major Crimes Unit at 207-657-5710 as the case advances.