A man is believed to be murdered during a robbery attempt On a Wednesday morning in Madison, Maine, 55-year-old Raynald Levesque, a White male, began his day as he always did. His wife saw him for the last time at 8:15 a.m. on April 6, 1994, before she left for her job at a local bank. Levesque owned and operated a bottle redemption center in a building situated behind his residence, with his business office located inside his home.
It is believed that sometime that morning, an intruder entered his home with the intent to steal money from the business.
Around 12:20 p.m., a soft drink delivery man arrived for a routine pickup at the redemption center. After waiting for a few minutes and seeing no sign of Levesque, the delivery man went to the house to check on him. Peering through a kitchen window, he made a grim discovery: Levesque was on the floor in a pool of blood. He had been shot and killed. The theory adopted by investigators is that Levesque surprised the person who had entered his home to rob him, and in the ensuing confrontation, he was murdered.
The Maine State Police were called in to lead the homicide investigation. In the days that followed, they conducted interviews and set up a roadside checkpoint, handing out flyers in an effort to gather information from the public. Their efforts yielded a description of a man who was seen standing in Levesque's driveway between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the murder. This individual was described as a pedestrian or possibly a hitchhiker. While authorities released a composite sketch of this person of interest, they stopped short of labeling him a suspect, indicating he might simply have valuable information.
Despite the investigation, which included looking for similarities to another local businessman's murder the following year, no arrests have ever been made in connection with Raynald Levesque's death. The case has remained unsolved for decades, joining the list of Maine's cold case homicides. The Maine State Police continue to ask for the public's help, believing that someone may hold the key to resolving the long-standing mystery of who killed Raynald Levesque in his home on that spring day.
