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Cortina Cousins

Death by Force
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On a cold December day in 1998 in Caribou, Maine, the life of four-year-old Cortina Cousins was tragically cut short in a devastating act of violence that also claimed the lives of her mother and brother. The young female, along with her two-year-old brother, Cote, and their thirty-year-old mother, Tina Marie Saunders Cousins, were killed by their husband and father, Leigh Cousins, in a horrific murder-suicide.

The tragic events unfolded on December 7, 1998, when authorities were called t ...Read More
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  • AP NEWS: Murder-Suicides Hit Minn., Maine
  • 1998 Annual Homicides | Maine State Police
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    Victim Details

    Cortina Cousins

    Female

    Caribou

    ME

    1998-12-07

    4

    Cortina

    Cousins

    Primary Suspect Deceased

    11/05/2025

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    Did anyone else find it chilling that Leigh Cousins had no prior history of violence or reported dom... ...Read More
    04/08/2023
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