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02-25-2008, 06:24 PM
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine -- Maine State Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the deaths of his stepfather, mother and half-brother, whose bodies were found Wednesday evening inside their burning Old Orchard Beach home.
Matthew Cushing on Friday was charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson.
State police on Thursday identified the victims as local businessman Christopher Bolduc and his wife, Carol Bolduc, both 42, and their son, Joshua, 15.
According to Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland, all three victims had been stabbed.
The Bolducs owned two businesses in the town, Blustery Day Flags and The Race Place. Carol Bolduc also was president of her neighborhood association. The family was well-known and well-liked in the community, having lived there for more than 15 years.
McCausland said Cushing -- a University of Maine student who had been taking a semester off -- was arrested late Friday morning at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office in Wiscasset after being brought there for questioning.
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Matthew Cushing on Friday was charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson.
State police on Thursday identified the victims as local businessman Christopher Bolduc and his wife, Carol Bolduc, both 42, and their son, Joshua, 15.
According to Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland, all three victims had been stabbed.
The Bolducs owned two businesses in the town, Blustery Day Flags and The Race Place. Carol Bolduc also was president of her neighborhood association. The family was well-known and well-liked in the community, having lived there for more than 15 years.
McCausland said Cushing -- a University of Maine student who had been taking a semester off -- was arrested late Friday morning at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office in Wiscasset after being brought there for questioning.
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