Jerry Perdomo was a 31-year-old firefighter and EMT from Orange City, Florida, an Iraq War veteran, husband, and father of two. In February 2012 he traveled to Maine and on February 16 went to a rental residence on Hadley Mills Road in Jackson that was occupied by the father of Daniel Porter. Investigators later tied Perdomo to an illicit prescription-drug operation and said Porter acted as a middleman; prosecutors alleged Porter owed Perdomo about $3,000 and that the two had exchanged threats and accusations for weeks beforehand.

Officials report Perdomo was shot in the head during an argument at the Jackson house. Blood, bone fragments, a broken window, and newly installed carpeting that tested presumptively positive for blood were found there; DNA linked blood at the scene to Perdomo’s family. Porter was arrested on February 28, 2012, and initially acknowledged Perdomo was dead and that he knew where the body and firearm were hidden. Perdomo’s concealed body was found the next morning in woods off Dahlia Farm Road in Newburgh on property owned by Porter relatives.

Porter maintained he acted in self-defense and was later indicted for intentional or knowing murder; the case was set for trial. If anyone knew Perdomo, his movements in Maine, or details about the Jackson residence around mid-February 2012, please share what is known.