Overview
- Stephen Bouchard, 63, pleaded not guilty in Cumberland County Superior Court and was ordered held at the county jail without bail.
- Police arrested Bouchard and charged him with murdering 23-year-old Alice Hawkes, who lived with him in Westbrook at the time.
- Hawkes was found dead in her apartment in October 1987, and her death certificate says her throat had been slit.
- The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit–Unsolved reopened the case in 2025, and the Attorney General’s Office then sought the murder charge.
- State police records describe Bouchard saying he returned from errands, found himself locked out, and entered with the landlord, who helped discover Hawkes’ body.