Sherri M. Sweet, 37, died after being shot during a domestic dispute at a home on 48 Brattle Street in South Berwick, Maine. Police say the disturbance was reported on the night of March 22, 2025; first responders transported Sweet to Portsmouth Regional Hospital and she was pronounced dead the next evening, March 23, 2025, at 10:15 p.m. A small child was found on the living room couch when officers arrived and was placed with a family member.

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit assisted South Berwick investigators. The New Hampshire Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head and the manner homicide. An arrest warrant for murder was obtained for 43-year-old Jeremiah Godfrey; he was arrested in South Berwick on March 26, 2025, and charged with murder. Court documents record Godfrey saying the shooting was a bad mishap during a struggle over a gun as Sweet descended stairs, but the autopsy found the gunshot entered the back of her head.

If anyone knew Sherri, lived nearby, or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with the investigators handling the case.