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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