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Ivan: Your posting about two murders in Augusta caught my attention. As you know, I live in Augusta and this never caught my attention. For list members knowledge, Augusta is the state capitol , with a population of about 22,000. It has been 8 to 10 weeks since there has been snow on the ground , so the dumpster incident was some time ago. Maine is an enlightened state with a very vigilant state attorney general's office. If the local police were hiding something, the attorney general would be all over them. Some friends of mine had a daughter raped & murdered 20 years ago 25 miles north of here. She left a eight year old daughter who was raised and put through college by her grandparents. DNA evidence has brought a suspect back from the south by vigilant state police. The trial is ongoing and the 80 year old grandparents and the 28 year old daughter are attending the trial and being witnesses. Maine has it's share of cruelties , but we should be comfortable with our outstanding law enforcement bodies. I will inquire from my contacts and let you know the official status. Harold Jones ---------- > From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: 2 frightening deaths - details suppressed? > Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 2:28 AM > > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 50 deg. F :-) > ******************************************************************** > I am sorry to not be as available to the List as I have been. Two gay > men hae been killed here recently. One was probably strangled, and the > other may have been strangled as well. We in the gay community still do > not know enough about the exact circumstances. No suspects have been > revealed or named by the police. > > One was a friend of many here in Portland, who was a Jewish architect. > He was very talented, and well-liked. His body was found behind a > dumpster, frozen in the snow, 60 miles away, in Augusta. We are told he > committed suicide with a gun. Yet an eyewitness insists that he was > strangled. Noone here could imagine him buying a gun. > > We do not know the name of the other man yet. His body was found in > his Augusta apartment after he had been followed. Stories are circulating > that he was mugged and killed shortly after leaving a gay-owned business. > > Tomorrow is my gay men's scrabble and cards night, so maybe I'll hear > more. > > Ivan