Amity is a small farming and logging town in Maine of around 200 located near the Canadian border. It is the kind of location people seek out for a quiet and peaceful life. It has not a single store, gas station or even traffic light. In 2010, a shocking murder was discovered inside a mobile home, leaving residents of the sparsely populated community anguished at how such a brutal crime could have happened in their tiny community.
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“THAYNE ORMSBY TRIAL COVERAGE”
“Authorities Investigate Triple Homicide In Amity”
“Unraveled – Ordained to Kill”
Sources:
Associated Press, 24 June, 2010 – “3 Found Stabbed in Home in Remote Northern Maine”
Plus News, 24 June, 2010 – “Triple Homicide and Missing Truck”
Associated Press, 25 June, 2010 – “mother of Slain Maine Boy Says Ex Sold Drugs”
Bangor Daily News, 25 June, 2010 – “Triple Homicide Stuns Amity Police”
Bangor Daily News, 26 June, 2010 – “Police Sift Evidence in Amity Slayings”
Bangor Daily News, 29 June, 2010 – “Funny Stories Touch Classmates Grieving Loss of Slain Amity Boy”
Bangor Daily News, 1 July, 2010 – “10-Year-Old Victim of Amity Triple Homicide Laid to Rest”
The Billings Gazette, 2 July, 2010 – “Arrest Made in Triple Killing in Maine”
Associated Press, 3 July, 2010 – “Maine Suspect Planned to Live with Victim’s Child”
Bangor Daily News, 5 July, 2010 – “Victim’s Family Seeking Answers”
Associated Press, 7 July, 2010 – “Maine Triple Slaying Suspect Had Outbursts”
Bangor Daily News, 7 July, 2010 – “Nice Kid of Walking Monster”
Associated Press, 12 July, 2010 – “Drug Debt Played Role in Triple Killing”
Bangor Daily News, 13 July, 2010 – “Homicide Suspect Back in State”
Bangor Daily News, 15 July, 2010 – “Texas Man Questions Factors of Slayings”
Bangor Daily News, 20 June, 2010 – “A Great Dad and a Great Human”
Bangor Daily News, 4 August, 2010 – “State Silent on More Arrests”
Bangor Daily News, 27 August, 2010 – “A Son’s Questions, a Mother’s Anguish”
Bangor Daily News, 11 September, 2010 – “Man Linked to Ormsby Arrested”
Bangor Daily News, 14 September, 2010 – “Alleged Ormsby Helper Released”
Bangor Daily News, 15 November, 2010 – “Aunt Feels Loss of Boy Every Second”
Bangor Daily News, 26 April, 2011 – “Amity Slaying Attorneys Seek to Suppress Evidence”
Bangor Daily News, 1 July, 2011 – “Attorneys Seek to Suppress Comments”
Associated Press, 12 October, 2011 – “Mainer Admits Helping Man Held in Triple Killings”
Bangor Daily News, 29 February, 2012 – “Attorneys for Ormsby Seeking Change of Venue for Triple Murder Trial”
Bangor Daily News, 9 April, 2012 – “Three Amity Homicide Victims Tried to Flee Knife Wielding Attacker”
Bangor Daily News, 10 April, 2012 – “Standish Man Charged with Tampering with a Juror”
Associated Press, 11 April, 2012 – “Maine Defendant Told Police He Didn’t Know Victim”
Associated Press, 12 April, 2012 – “Videotapes Confession Played in Maine Murder Trial”
Bangor Daily News, 12 April, 2012 – “State Rests in Amity Triple Murder Trial Without Calling Witness Robert Strout”
Associated Press, 13 April, 2012 – “Guilty Verdicts in Maine Triple Murder Trial”
Bangor Daily News, 16 April, 2012 – “Jury Decision on Insanity Plea Will Determine Whether Ormsby Goes to Jail or Psychiatric Hospital”
Bangor Daily News, 17 April, 2012 – “Ormsby Not Even Remotely Psychotic”
Bangor Daily News, 18 April, 2012 – “Ormsby Was Delusional When He Killed Three People, Psychologist Testifies”
Bangor Daily News, 23 May, 2012 – “Robert Strout Sentenced in Connection with Amity Triple Homicide”
Associated Press, 7 June, 2012 – “Maine Man Gets Life for Killing 2 Men, 10 Year Old”
Bangor Daily News, 3 August, 2012 – “Maine Has One of the Highest Rates of Knife Related Deaths in the Nation”
