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Candace E. Brackett Butler

Case from Augusta, ME dated Oct 21, 1998

Victim Details

Candace E. Brackett Butler

Female

White / Caucasian

Augusta

ME

1998-10-21

42

Candace

E. Brackett Butler

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/15/2026

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On a tragic autumn day in Augusta, Maine, the life of 42-year-old Candace E. Brackett Butler came to a violent end. On October 21, 1998, a domestic dispute escalated to an irreversible act of violence, leaving a community in shock and a family torn apart by loss. The events of that day would be officially recorded as a grim statistic in the state's annual homicide records, a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of domestic abuse.

The perpetrator in this harrowing incident was id ...
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