On March 31, 2018, deputies in Norridgewock, Maine, responded to a 7:17 a.m. phone call from 62-year-old William Hale and found a fatal scene inside the family home on Route 2. In the laundry room lay the bodies of 58-year-old Marie Lancaster-Hale and William Hale; both had gunshot wounds. A handgun and a shotgun were recovered inside the residence. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Marie’s death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head and William Hale’s death a suicide from a shotgun wound to the head.

The Maine State Police concluded the incident was a domestic violence murder-suicide. William had told deputies an elderly woman would need care; his 87-year-old mother, Faye Hale, was found unharmed in a vehicle in the driveway and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Investigators did not find a note explaining William Hale’s actions, though he left instructions for his mother’s care.

Did anyone in the area know the Hales or have information about what led up to that morning?