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RIGHT NOW,
BIDDEFORD POLICE
ARE IDENTIFYING A
MAN AND WOMAN
WHO DIED IN A MOTEL
ROOM.
THE POLICE CHIEF
SAYS THE WOMAN
HAD BEEN DEAD FOR
DAYS AND THE MAN,
FOR AT LEAST 24-
HOURS.
WMTW NEWS 8'S
JIM KEITHLEY IS IN
BIDDEFORD WITH THE
BREAKING DETAILS
JUST INTO OUR
NEWSROOM.
THERE'S A CLOSED
SIGN ON THE FRONT
DOOR OF THE SLEEPY
HOLLOW TONIGHT.
THE MOTEL SAID
THEY HAD NO
COMMENT WHEN WE
CALLED.
STATE POLICE
HAVE RULED-OUT
FOUL PLAY -
BIDDEFORD'S POLICE
CHIEF SAYS THE
DEATHS ARE LIKELY
DRUG-RELATED.
THE MAN HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS DANIEL
PELLETIER AND THE
WOMAN -- LYNDA
NORTON.
YELLOW CRIME
SCENE TAPE HANGING
FROM ROOM NUMBER-
NINE IS THE ONLY
INDICATION THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG
AT THE SLEEPY
HOLLOW MOTEL
ALONG BUSY ROUTE
ONE IN BIDDEFORD.
THE BODIES ON A
FEMALE FROM
BIDDEFORD, AND A
MALE FROM LYMAN,
DISCOVERED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ABOUT 5:30. POLICE
SAY THE MOTEL
MANAGER MADE THE
DISCOVERY WHILE
TRYING TO COLLECT
PAYMENT. POLICE
SAID THE COUPLE
HAD BEEN RENTING
THE ROOM FOR
ABOUT A WEEK.
"One had apparently
expired for a least a
few days, one expired
for fewer than that.
There appeared to be
at the time no visible
trauma."
THE BODIES
TRANSPORTED TO
THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE
FOR AUTOPSIES.
BIDDEFORD'S POLICE
CHIEF SAYS IT
APPEARS THE DEATHS
WERE DRUG-RELATED.
BEAUPRE SAYS THERE
HAS BEEN AN
EXPLOSION OF DRUG
OVERDOSES LATELY
INVOLVING ***.
"I think Maine has
an overall drug problem
that needs to be
addressed. We have a
proliferation of ***
within the area and
proliferation of ***
within the area and
that seems to be
displacing all other
drugs because of its
availability and low
cost."
THIS ISN'T THE
FIRST TIME THIS
MOTEL HAS BEEN IN
THE NEWS - A
VIOLANT ASSAULT
BACK IN JANUARY
2011. A MAN WAS
ATTACKED WITH A
BASEBALL BAT AND
SUFFERED CRITICAL
HEAD INJURIES.
DESPITE THAT
INCIDENT AND NOW
THIS - NEIGHBORS
SAY THE MOTEL HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
"It's really shocking.
I'm just surprised. This
area has been fairly
quiet. There's usually
never any type of
criminal activity going
on. It's a quiet
neighborhood aside
from the traffic going
by, so it came to me as
a really big surprise."
THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER WAS
CONDUCTING
AUTOPSIES ON THE
BODIES TODAY. THEY
HAVE NOT ISSUED A
CAUSE OF DEATH.
IN BIDDEFORD, JIM