Overview
- Police arrested 59-year-old Daniel Jolly in Portsmouth on Thursday, June 4, 2026, on a warrant charging him with the 1993 murder of 73-year-old Maxine Bitomski.
- Family members found Bitomski dead in her Colonial Road home on January 16, 1993, and the state medical examiner ruled the death a homicide while the specific cause remains sealed.
- Maine investigators reopened the file in 2021 and say advances in DNA testing applied to preserved evidence produced the lead that prompted the arrest.
- Authorities say Jolly knew Bitomski through his work at a Portsmouth medical supply company that provided her oxygen equipment, and he is being held at Rockingham County Jail pending extradition to Maine.
- The Maine State Police and Kittery Police credit decades of collaborative work for the breakthrough and are asking the public to contact investigators with any information as the probe and legal process continue.