Blake Michaud, 20, was killed at a house in Bradley, Maine, in the early hours of April 20, 2008. After the incident, Niles abducted Cates and fled in a pickup truck reportedly stolen from his grandfather.

State troopers later pursued the vehicle on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut. As officers closed in, Niles died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Authorities described the episode as domestic violence; Cates had recently ended a relationship with Niles and had obtained a protection from abuse order against him. An autopsy was scheduled to determine Michaud’s exact cause of death, and Maine detectives interviewed Cates in Connecticut before she returned to Maine with her parents.

Are there details about the hours leading up to April 20, 2008, that anyone in the area can add?