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FARMINGTON — Maine State Police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation into an elderly woman’s death in Farmington early Tuesday morning, according to a release issued by Steve McCausland, the spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
According to the release Grace Burton, 81, died about 7 a.m. at a Lewiston hospital, where she was flown by a LifeFlight helicopter from Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
Burton was attacked at the Margaret Chase Smith Apartments on Fairbanks Road by a male intruder who entered her first floor apartment, the release stated. The victim called 911 just after 1 a.m. to report the attack.
“Police are seeking the public’s help to report any suspicious activity along Fairbanks Road and Route 4 between midnight and 2 a.m.” the release stated. “They are also seeking the identity of a man seen walking along Fairbanks Road about 1:30 a.m. wearing a backpack. The apartment complex is off from Route 4, in the north end of the town.”
A dozen State Police detectives have joined Farmington Police and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigating the death.
Anyone with information is asked to call Farmington Police at 778-6311 or dial 911 on a cell phone.
State Police investigators enter the Farmington home of Grace Burton at 195 Fairbanks Road, Apt. 5, Tuesday. Burton, 81, was killed during a home invasion early Tuesday morning.
State Police Lt. Brian McDonough urged local residents to watch for any changes in behavior of friends and relatives indicative of involvement with a burglary and home invasion of the elderly housing apartment of Grace Burton at 195 Fairbanks Road, apt. 5 in Farmington about 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The person police are looking for may have cuts to his hands and fingers.
McDonough said police are looking for a male dressed in a black hoodie, black backpack and dressed in dark clothing. Police believe he is a small to medium built person about five feet, eight inches tall.
“He’s not a big person,” he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call State Police at 657-3030, Farmington Police Department at 778-6311 or Franklin County Sheriff’s Department at 778-9891.
Farmington Police Officer Wayne Drake stands outside the Margaret Chase Smith apartment Tuesday morning.
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