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Ethel Springer

Case from Mercer, ME dated Jul 13, 1999

Victim Details

Ethel Springer

Female

White / Caucasian

Mercer

ME

1999-07-13

51

Ethel

Springer

07/13/2026

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On a summer day in Mercer, Maine, the troubled history of a couple culminated in a tragic and violent end. Ethel Springer, a 51-year-old woman, was shot and killed on July 13, 1999. The place of her death was the town hall, a public space that became the backdrop for a private tragedy. The perpetrator was her 59-year-old husband, Bryan Springer.

The couple's relationship was reportedly tumultuous. They had been married, divorced, and then remarried in 1985. At the time of the fatal incide ...
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  • 1999 Annual Homicides | Maine State Police
  • Ethel Springer, age 51 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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