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Eugene Phillip Cole

Case from Norridgewock, ME dated Apr 25, 2018

Victim Details

Eugene Cole

Male

White / Caucasian

Norridgewock

ME

2018-04-25

62

Eugene

Phillip Cole

Yes

07/04/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 25, 2018, Somerset County Sheriff's Corporal Eugene Cole, a 61-year-old Caucasian male, was shot and killed in Norridgewock, Maine. The tragic event unfolded after Cole had a late-night encounter with John D. Williams, then 29, on a darkened road. This chance meeting between the lawman and the man he was attempting to arrest on drug charges would end in violence, sparking a massive manhunt that gripped the state.

The initial alert to authorities that so ...
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  • 2018 Annual Homicides | Maine State Police
  • Bangor Daily News: Woman who found body of slain deputy helped raise his suspected killer
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    I've been following the case closely, and there's a particular detail that's been on my mind – Cor... ...Read More
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