On October 25, 2004, 32-year-old Wayne Crowley was shot in the head during a visit to the home of 42-year-old Gary Watland in Anson, Maine. Crowley was taken to Redington-Fairview Hospital in Skowhegan and transferred to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he remained on life support and died the same night.

Watland admitted to shooting Crowley, saying he fired after Crowley became belligerent and attacked his wife, Susan. Watland said he first fired a warning shot and ordered Crowley to leave, then shot when Crowley allegedly lunged at his wife. The shooting reportedly followed a day the men had spent drinking and target shooting.

Maine State Police and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department investigated and Watland was arrested and charged with murder on October 26, 2004. If anyone knew Crowley, Watland, or witnessed the events that night, please share what you know.