On a quiet Saturday morning in Manchester, Maine, the peaceful life of 62-year-old White female Kimberly Shue came to a tragic and unexpected end. On December 9, 2017, authorities received a distressing 911 call from her 82-year-old husband, Clyde Shue. In a brief and chilling exchange, he informed the dispatcher that he had killed his wife before abruptly hanging up the phone.
This call set in motion a chain of events that would leave a community in shock and a family searching for answers that might never fully come.
Responding to the alarming call, Maine State Police, including a tactical team, descended upon the couple's Prescott Road home. For hours, they attempted to make contact with anyone inside, surrounding the residence and closing off the normally quiet street. Negotiators used a bullhorn, their voices cutting through the tense silence, but their pleas were met with no response. As the afternoon wore on, with no communication from within the house, the tactical team made the decision to enter the home.
Inside, they discovered a heartbreaking scene. Kimberly Shue was found deceased in her bed. Her husband, Clyde, was found in another part of the house, in the mudroom, with a handgun beside him. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner would later confirm the grim reality of the situation. Kimberly's death was ruled a homicide, the result of a gunshot wound to the head. Clyde's death was determined to be a suicide, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The investigation concluded that it was a murder-suicide, with Clyde Shue as the sole suspect in his wife's death.
The news sent ripples of disbelief through their family and the community. Those who knew the couple described their 22-year marriage as loving and affectionate. They were often seen holding hands and appeared to be deeply devoted to one another. Family members were left utterly confounded, struggling to reconcile the violent end with the gentle and caring man they knew Clyde to be. Some relatives noted that he had recently shown signs of cognitive decline, and they held onto the hope that medical examinations might reveal an underlying condition, such as dementia, that could offer some semblance of an explanation for the tragic turn of events. In the end, no arrests were made, as the only suspect in Kimberly Shue's death had taken his own life.
