ME- Margeaux Whittemore, 32, murdered and left in driveway, former SpaceX husband arrested

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Yoga teacher’s body found in driveway after being murdered by engineer husband: Police

A Maine man was undergoing a mental health evaluation after he was charged with allegedly murdering his wife and accused of assaulting his mother.

lawandcrime.com

"Police were called around 10:02 a.m. on Feb. 19, for an incident at a house on Giles Road, per the statement. Officers discovered Margaux, 32, dead outside the home, and soon also found Samuel’s mother, Dorothy, 67, injured inside the residence, per the statement."

Devastating in so many ways.

 

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Judge orders competency evaluation for man accused in Readfield murder

Samuel Whittemore, 34, accused of murdering his wife, Margaux Whittemore, 32, in an incident at his family's Readfield home in which his mother, Dorothy "Darcy" Whittemore was also injured.

www.centralmaine.com

Samuel Whittemore, 34, was scheduled to make his initial court appearance Friday but that proceeding was not held after his attorney, Walter McKee, reported Whittemore was not competent enough to appear in court.

Superior Court Justice Daniel Mitchell thus ordered an evaluation be done by the State Forensic Service to determine Whittemore’s mental competency before proceeding.

Social media posts indicate the couple wed in September 2024, and that Margaux Whittemore’s last name before her marriage was Nguyen.

Henry Whittemore, the suspect’s father, was not inside the home at the time of the incident, Moss said, but arrived shortly thereafter.

Writing under the name Darcy Whittemore, Samuel’s mother, in an April 7 letter to the editor published in the Kennebec Journal, headlined “Maine must enact extreme risk law to prevent gun violence,” urged state officials to enact an extreme risk, or so-called “red flag,” law to allow family members and law enforcement to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from individuals, such as those in crisis, who pose a risk of harming themselves or others.

 

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The mugshot is giving me Jeremy Best vibes. I guess it's the hair the the "not quite all there" looks. Competency evaluations in both cases.

Samuel Whittemore mugshot:


Jeremy Best mugshot:

Judge orders competency evaluation for man accused in Readfield murder

Samuel Whittemore, 34, accused of murdering his wife, Margaux Whittemore, 32, in an incident at his family's Readfield home in which his mother, Dorothy "Darcy" Whittemore was also injured.

www.centralmaine.com

Idaho dad accused of kidnapping son and killing wife mugshot released

Mechanic Jeremy Albert Best, 48, looked dazed and disheveled amid a mane of wild hair and a gray beard in his police booking photo released on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tragic.

 

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Globetrotting Ex-SpaceX Rocket Scientist Arrested for Alleged Murder of Wife in Maine After Couple Traveled North America, Sailed French Polynesia

The 34-year-old man charged with allegedly murdering his wife in Readfield on Wednesday is a former SpaceX engineer who traveled the globe extensively with his now-deceased partner, a French woman who documented the luxurious trip on social media before the pair moved back to Maine. Maine State...

www.themainewire.com

 

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Ex-SpaceX engineer accused of murdering wife during trip to parents’ house — 5 months after wedding

A former SpaceX engineer allegedly killed his wife of five months and critically injured his mom during a horrifically violent attack in a small Maine town.

nypost.com

 

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Man kills wife during visit to his parents' Readfield home, police say

Authorities say the suspect's mother was found seriously injured. Her condition has been upgraded from critical.

www.wmtw.com

Margaux Whittemore's body was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta, where an autopsy was performed Thursday morning. The manner of her death has been ruled a homicide, but the cause of her death is not being released at this time.

 

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Woman killed, another woman critically injured in Readfield incident

Authorities said the suspect, who is in custody, is related to the two victims.

www.wmtw.com