November 22, 2024
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Fairfield man remains held in murder of ex-wife

SKOWHEGAN – A Fairfield man who allegedly admitted to police that he planned the murder of his ex-wife May 2 remains held without bail on a day-to-day basis, according to Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson.

A probable cause hearing set for June 9 in Skowhegan District Court will be continued, Benson said Thursday.

He added: “There will be no District Court appearance, ever.”

Gregory Warmke, 44, of Fairfield is accused of killing Lesley Bullock, 46, also of Fairfield, with a single shotgun blast to the face.

Bullock was the seventh homicide this year and the sixth to involve domestic violence in the state.

Her body was found in the driveway of the home on Route 139 the couple had shared when married.

Court documents indicate that Warmke planned to kill Bullock because he was upset that she retained the house in their divorce settlement. The couple had been married for two years and divorced for one year.

Benson said Thursday that a person charged with murder is not entitled to bail under the Maine Constitution and that the Attorney General’s Office can conduct a Harnish hearing to extinguish any possibility of bail.

Benson expects Warmke to be indicted for murder by a Somerset County grand jury in July.

Details of a search warrant executed at Warmke’s apartment at 347 Upper Ridge Road in Fairfield revealed that state police found a series of sealed notes, a rifle, four handguns and ammunition.

After his arrest at a Palmyra cemetery on the day of the shooting, Warmke told state police detectives that a note at his apartment would “explain everything.”

The search warrant indicates that three notes were found in sealed envelopes. Each was individually labeled, “Equal Rights,” “Why” and “Knowledge is power.”

The court paperwork did not indicate the contents of the envelopes.


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