Creepy scene at Bowdoin house where Joseph Eaton is suspected of killing four – live

Betty Fagan lost her daughter Cynthia Eaton, who was the mother of the suspect, in the shooting. Police have yet to comment on the motive for the killings, after which Eaton allegedly opened fire on an interstate.

Ms Eaton had picked up her son from prison on April 14 when he was released after serving a sentence for aggravated assault.

Ms Eaton and her husband David Eaton, the suspect’s father, were found shot to death at a home in Bowdoin on Tuesday morning along with their friends Robert and Patricia Eger.

Ms. Fagan said the suspect’s parents had returned to Maine but planned to move to Kansas, where they previously lived.

Court records in the Maine shooting have revealed the grisly crime scene discovered by police called to the scene after suspect Joseph Eaton allegedly shot and killed four people, including his parents and his two friends.

Eaton has reportedly confessed to the murders in Bowdoin, Maine. He was pulled over Tuesday after allegedly opening fire while driving on a road 20 miles away in Yarmouth, wounding three people.

The suspect appeared in court in West Bath on Thursday, his first appearance since the murders.

He was only released from prison on Friday after serving time for separate offenses and has now been charged with four counts of knowing or intentional manslaughter.

The victims, who died of gunshot wounds, include their parents Cynthia Eaton, 62, and David Eaton, 66, and their friends Robert Eger, 72, and Patricia Eger, 62.

Maine State Police said officers were called to a home in the town of Bowdoin on the morning of April 18 to find four victims dead from gunshot wounds.

Not long after the grim discovery was made, an assailant randomly opened fire on cars driving along Interstate 295 in the vicinity of Yarmouth.

Three people were shot in the second attack. The suspected gunman was arrested at the scene.

The terror incident started at a house in Bowdoin where four victims were found dead before police were called to report a random shooting at cars on a nearby road in Yarmouth.

Suspect Joseph Eaton, a 34-year-old convicted felon who was released from prison a few days earlier, was arrested and charged with murder. Among the four victims shot to death in Maine were the parents of the suspect.

Now, the victims, their families and the Bowdoin and Yarmouth communities are the latest to join a growing list of those affected by gun violence in America.

When he appeared in court on Thursday, the suspect was wearing orange inmate clothing and a bulletproof vest.

Superior Court Judge Daniel Billings asked the suspect if he understood the charges he was facing, which he said he did. The suspect was not asked to plead guilty as he has not yet been indicted by a grand jury in Sagadahoc County.

The court ordered that Mr. Eaton be held without bail. Maine law states that bail is not available for those facing murder charges, the Bangor Daily News noted.

Judge Billings added that the suspect must undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he can be part of his own defense. Eaton will appear in court again on June 28.

The note was found on the kitchen island, but it was not addressed to anyone or signed by the author, according to the affidavit. The legal document said that the note “said that someone had been disturbed there and nothing had been done about it. The note mentioned someone being released from pain and the writer wanted a new life.”

In a video shared on Facebook Monday, Eaton said he had been sexually abused as a child.

The other two bodies in the house, probably those of Mrs. Eaton and Mrs. Eger, were covered, like Mr. Eger’s body. The fourth body, purportedly that of Mr. Eaton, was found in a barn on the property.

The court file states that police found several firearms in the house.

Thursday’s release of the affidavit revealed that Ms. Eger’s sister told authorities that she texted Ms. Eger around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to tell them she would be at her house. around 9:00 am that morning, but never received a response.

The sister had stayed at the house, but left to allow the Eatons to stay there while they collected their son from prison. She said that she was going to go back to pick up some clothes that she had left behind, according to WMTW.

When she got home, the sister saw two drops of blood on the front steps of the house.

He opened the front door and knocked, but got no answer. She then saw broken glass and blood on the floor, as well as a body covered by a towel on the kitchen floor.

The sister said she couldn’t tell if it was Mr. Eger or David Eaton as they had similar appearances, but taking off his clothes, she guessed it was Mr. Eger.

He said he saw “bullet holes everywhere,” according to the court filing.

He left when he saw drag marks all over the house, waiting outside until the police arrived.

While police have said that Mr Eaton has confessed to the shooting, they have not disclosed when the victims were killed. It is also unclear how the suspect got the weapon or weapons used.

Following felony convictions in Maine and Florida, where his parents lived, Mr. Eaton was unable to legally possess firearms.

Police said Ms Eaton picked up her son at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham on Friday, where he had just completed a sentence after being found guilty of assault. The mother reportedly took him to the Egers’ home where they had been staying, according to the Bangor Daily News.

After police arrived at the crime scene Tuesday morning, police responded to the roadside shooting where Sean Halsey, 51, and his two children, Justin, 29, and Paige, 25, received shots.

All were transported to the Maine Medical Center.

The father and son sustained injuries that are not considered life-threatening while Ms. Halsey was in critical condition. Halsey said Wednesday afternoon that her daughter’s breathing tube had been removed and she was on her way to recovery.

The suspect had been released four days before the shooting from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. Police say his mother picked him up from prison on April 14 after he completed a sentence for aggravated assault.

The latest in a series of mass shootings across the United States began in the small town of Bowdoin, where four people were killed Tuesday, with three bodies discovered in a home and one in a barn, police said. The victims were identified as Joseph Eaton’s parents, Cynthia Eaton, 62, and David Eaton, 66, along with homeowners Robert Eger, 72, and Patricia Eger, 62, police said. The two couples were described as best friends.

Police previously said Eaton told them he began shooting at several cars along I-295 shortly afterward because he thought police were following him. Bullets struck a family in one of the vehicles, wounding 51-year-old Sean Halsey; Justin Halsey, 29; and Paige Halsey, 25, police said. Paige Halsey was seriously injured, police said.