Paul Batchelder

Murdered

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On April 4, 1998, 38-year-old Paul Batchelder was fatally shot during a robbery attempt at a gas station in Gorham, Maine. The assailants, 19-year-old Shawn Libby and 20-year-old Robert Katzianer, were subsequently charged with murder.

Libby pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He later appealed the sentence, arguing that the court failed to apply certain constitutional rights regarding jury determinations of facts that could increase penalties. However, ...Read More
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Victim Details

Paul Batchelder

Male

Gorham

ME

1998-04-04

38

Paul

Batchelder

Yes

11/29/2024

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12/09/2023
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