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Robert A. Orr

Case from Readfield, ME dated Feb 08, 2011

Victim Details

Robert A. Orr

Male

White / Caucasian

Readfield

ME

2011-02-08

53

Robert

A. Orr

07/10/2026

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On a cold February day in 2011, the life of Robert A. Orr, a 53-year-old White/Caucasian male from Readfield, Maine, was violently cut short in an act of betrayal that shook his quiet community. What began as an act of kindness, opening his home to a couple in need, ended in a brutal murder and a desperate attempt to erase the crime with fire.

Robert Orr and his wife, Janet, had offered a room in their home to David B. Silva Jr., 32, and his girlfriend, Lindsay Spence, to help them get ba ...
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  • Bangor Daily News: Man was shot before burning in Readfield fire, police say
  • 2011 Annual Homicides | Maine State Police
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