Amy Nickerson Obituary Searsmont: Police investigating possible murder-suicide in a Searsmont, Maine shooting
By Rachel Davis
Amy Nickerson Obituary Searsmont: Police investigating possible murder-suicide in a Searsmont, Maine shooting.
Two persons were discovered dead inside a Searsmont home on Monday afternoon, according to state police, who are now conducting an investigation.
The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence on Borough Road at around 1:50 p.m. on Monday, according to state police, where two adults had been discovered deceased.
The Major Crimes Unit-Central of the Maine State Police is investigating the incident.
The reason and manner of death will be ascertained by an autopsy, authorities said.
One of the body found was unofficially identified as Amy Nickerson from Belfast, Maine.
The public is not at risk, according to the authorities.
This is a developing story.
Location Facts
Searsmont is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,400 at the 2020 census.
Located at the junction of several well-marked Indian trails, Searsmont was originally called Quantabacook. The town was a part of the Waldo Patent purchased by a consortium of wealthy Boston investors that included David Sears. First settled in 1804 and called Fraternity Village by Ben Ames Williams, it was incorporated on February 5, 1814, as Searsmont, named after its proprietor.
