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Gene Gogan

Case from Hartland, ME dated Oct 01, 1999

Victim Details

Gene Gogan

Male

White / Caucasian

Hartland

ME

1999-10-01

62

Gene

Gogan

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/18/2026

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In the small town of Hartland, Maine, the quiet of the autumn season was shattered in 1999 by the grim discovery of the death of 62-year-old Gene Gogan. On October 1st of that year, the male resident was shot three times in the head as he slept in his own home. The events that followed this violent act would unfold into a story of a deeply troubled marriage and its brutal end.

The person responsible for Gene Gogan's death was his wife of 37 years, Vella Gogan. After shooting her husband, ...
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    Is anyone else curious about the locations where Gene's body parts were found, and why the thighs we... ...Read More
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