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Sugarloaf Employee Charged in Co-Worker’s Shooting Death at Carrabassett Valley Condo

State police say the investigation continues with the suspect held without bail.

Overview

  • Austin Doucette, 24, was arrested Monday night in Kingfield on a Farmington District Court warrant and is being held without bail at the Franklin County Jail.
  • Police identified the victim as 23-year-old Makayla Rose DeSantis of Colchester, Connecticut, who was shot around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and died after being transferred from Farmington to Portland.
  • The shooting occurred at the Left Bank condominium complex in Carrabassett Valley, a unit the resort rents to employees, according to local reports cited in coverage.
  • Sugarloaf told staff that both people worked for the resort and directed the surviving employee to stay off resort property pending the outcome of the case.
  • The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit is leading the probe with local assistance, and neighbors reported Evidence Response Team work at Unit 1215, including removing sheetrock to search for a bullet.