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Daniel Perkins

Case from Limington, ME dated Jun 17, 2021

Victim Details

Daniel Perkins

Male

White / Caucasian

Limington

ME

2021-06-17

46

Daniel

Perkins

litigation

07/06/2026

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In the early morning hours of June 17, 2021, a fire broke out at a home on Hardscrabble Road in the small town of Limington, Maine. When firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze, they made a grim discovery inside the residence: the bodies of 46-year-old Daniel Perkins, a White male, and his 47-year-old girlfriend, Cheryl Cote.

While the fire had caused significant damage to the home, it soon became clear that the flames were not the cause of their deaths. Investigators determined that ...
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  • newscentermaine.com: Limington man arraigned for charges in double murder of his mother, her boyfriend
  • WPFO: 'I snapped,' Maine double murder suspect said in court documents
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