BELFAST, Maine (AP) A man indicted in a decades-old cold case death in Maine is expected to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge on Friday.
Police arrested Kirt Damon Sr., of Stockton Springs, in 2020 and charged him with murder stemming from the death of Dorothea Burke, 63. Burke was last seen in 1984 at a Bucksport bar. Construction workers found her body several days later.
Damon, now 58, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. He’s on for a plea hearing on Friday and his attorney, Jeremy Pratt of Camden, said he will plead guilty to the lesser charge, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Police interviewed Damon several times over the years as part of the murder investigation, the Bangor Daily News reported. He had no criminal history in Maine at the time of Burke’s death, but has since had brushes with the law, including a conviction for aggravated assault.
