Maine
Maine legislature approves bill to identify remains from unsolved murders, missing persons cases
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – The legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday aimed at identifying human remains from unsolved murder and missing persons cases.
Representative David Boyer of Poland is the sponsor of the bill.
He says it aims to provide closure to affected families.
The bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to use forensic genealogy testing on the D-N-A of unidentified human remains within 45 days of possession.
The bill was amended to include the proper way to handle the remains of Native Americans.
“There is a sliver of hope in this bill. The idea that we might be, Maine has a high per capita of missing people, so the idea of that there are some missing folks that are in our possession and we can bring closures to those families, it also may save resources when law enforcement goes to look for these missing people,” said Boyer.
The Medical Examiner’s Office will require one-hundred thousand dollars for this fiscal year, then an additional fifteen-thousand each year after that.
The estimate covers the 20 unidentified bodies in the state’s possession and three more each year.
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It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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