Robert F. Bobby Leighton, 26, was found dead at his Cherryfield, Maine home on July 6, 2000. An employee of Sinclair Builders, Leighton’s death was from gunshot wounds rather than natural causes.

Police arrested Malia J. Lowry and charged her with intentional and knowing murder. At trial a jury acquitted Lowry of murder but convicted her of the lesser offense of manslaughter. The court imposed a fifteen-year sentence with all but eight years suspended, followed by six years of probation.

Lowry appealed, arguing the voir dire process failed to adequately probe potential juror biases about domestic violence and the criminal justice system. On March 24, 2003 the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine vacated the judgment and remanded the case for a new trial, finding the jury selection compromised.

If anyone knew Bobby, his routines, or has information about what happened that July, please share what can help this case.