SOUTH PARIS, Maine (WGAN) State Police have arrested a man from Peru and charged him in connection with the deaths of a couple inside their apartment in South Paris on New Year’s Day.
49-year-old Mark Penley is charged with two counts of murder. He was arrested at the Rumford Police Department about 7:30 p.m. and was transported to the Oxford County Jail.
Police say Penley had gone to the Rumford Police Station Thursday night to be interviewed by detectives. He’s been charged with the deaths of Heather Bickford and Dana Hill, both 31.
Police found the couple’s bodies in Hill’s downtown apartment Tuesday night after Penley made a 911 call to police reporting the deaths.
Police say additional information on the investigation is likely to be released Friday, alongside Penley’s first court appearance.
