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Kevin Wayne Pinette

Case from Portland, ME dated Jun 24, 1997

Victim Details

Kevin Pinette

Male

White / Caucasian

Portland

ME

1997-06-24

22

Kevin

Wayne Pinette

Substantiated

07/16/2026

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On a summer evening in Portland, Maine, a dispute that began in a bar escalated into a fatal confrontation, leaving three young men dead. The events of June 24, 1997, cut short the life of 22-year-old Kevin Pinette, a male student at Southern Maine Technical College and an employee at Geary's Brewing Co.

Earlier that night, Pinette, along with his friends Dana Matthews, 24, and Nicholas Patenaude, 23, had a heated argument with Sabato Raia, a local bar owner. The disagreement did not end ...
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  • 1997 Annual Homicides | Maine State Police
  • Kevin Wayne Pinette, age 22 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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