Maine man kills ex-girlfriend and her partner in front of her daughters so 'no one else could have her'
A police affidavit in Maine stated that a man killed his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend because he did not want anyone else to have her.
Heather Bickford and her boyfriend Dana Hill, both 31, were shot to death by her ex, Mark Penley, 49, before their bodies were found with multiple gunshot wounds inside Bickford’s apartment in South Paris, Maine on New Year’s Day, the Bangor Daily News reports.
According to court documents released Friday morning during Penley's initial court appearance, law enforcement officers responded to a 911 call made by Penley and found him at the woman's residence holding her infant and 8-year-old daughters on the couch. Inside the apartment, authorities also found a blood-soaked baseball bat. However, the coroner concluded that the pair were killed by gunshots.
#BREAKING @MEStatePolice report that Mark Penley, 49-Year-old man from Peru, is charged with the murder of Heather Bickford and Dana Hill in South Paris. Police say Penley is the man who called 9-1-1 to report the bodies. pic.twitter.com/kyjINErYcN
— Taylor Cairns (@TaylorWGME) January 4, 2019