Suspect ties others to Houlton murder Affidavit reveals new details in slaying of Jacqueline Shorey on Dec. 9

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HOULTON – In the days before 57-year-old Jacqueline Shorey was found brutally beaten and stabbed to death inside a room at the Scottish Inns, she visited her son in jail and told him that she had nearly enough money to bail him out before she returned to Louisiana permanently.

She never made it.

Instead, Shorey’s body was found Dec. 9 inside a blood-spattered room at the motel.

Those were some of the details disclosed on Tuesday after affidavits that had been impounded by the court since last December were made available to the public.

Few details of the crime, including the cause of Shorey’s death, were known until Maine State Police Detective Joshua Haines’ affidavit was released.

Daniel Boles, 30, was arrested and charged with Shorey’s murder on Dec. 18. Boles pleaded not guilty to the crime last month and remains at Aroostook County Jail.

According to the affidavit, Boles denied to police that he murdered Shorey but said that he sat in a vehicle while two other individuals went into Shorey’s motel room to rob her of drugs and cash.

Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson said Wednesday that he could not comment on any evidence, but said that there was “very little likelihood” of additional charges being brought against anyone else in the case.

An autopsy determined Shorey’s died of “multiple trauma to the head and neck.”

Detectives interviewed the victim’s son, Tim Shorey, on Dec. 10. He told investigators that his mother had returned to Maine from Louisiana on Dec. 1 to raise money for his bail.

Tim Shorey was first incarcerated at Aroostook County Jail last October and was still incarcerated in January, but jail officials could not be reached by late Wednesday to determine his status.

Shorey said that his mother had filled both her own and his prescriptions for oxycodone and Percocet and planned to sell both of them to raise the $10,000 cash needed for his bail.

In an interview investigators held with Boles on Dec. 11, he denied buying drugs from Shorey but said that he did visit her at three locations, including the Scottish Inns, after she returned to Houlton.

At that point, according to the affidavit, State police Detective Dale Keegan observed “small cuts” on the knuckles of Boles’ right hand, which appeared recent.

Boles told Keegan that he’d had a fight with his girlfriend and suffered the injuries after he ripped the spark plug wires out of their car.

Boles’ girlfriend confirmed the story about the spark plug incident.

In a subsequent interview, the woman told police that on Dec. 4, she, Boles and another individual had gone to Ivey’s Motor Lodge in Houlton, where Shorey was staying at the time, and bought pills from her.

The affidavit states that the woman said that Boles and the other individual returned to the motel later in the evening with a plan to rob Shorey. She said that the two talked of wearing masks to hide their faces and to prevent their images from being captured on motel surveillance cameras.

She told detectives that the plan was aborted after the duo discovered that the deadbolt on Shorey’s motel room door was locked.

The woman also told investigators that a wooden bat wrapped in black tape and a black knit ski mask were missing from the residence that she shared with Boles. She implicated another individual as having come up with the plan to rob Shorey.

Boles later admitted to purchasing drugs from Shorey, the last time being on Dec. 6 at the Scottish Inns. The affidavit reveals that Boles told investigators on Dec. 18 that two men came to his residence on the morning of Dec. 9 and asked him for a ride to the Scottish Inns to “rip off” Shorey.

Boles claimed that the plan was for the two men “to knock out Jackie and take her drugs and money.” He told police that he parked next to the road at the motel and watched as the two men walked into Shorey’s room.

Boles then said that the two men came running out to the car between five and seven minutes later and Boles told police that he saw blood on their hands. The two reportedly told Boles “she resisted” when he asked them what had happened.

Boles said that he then went into Shorey’s room and described the woman as “sitting on the floor with blood everywhere.” He said that he touched her neck and could “tell immediately that she was dead.”

Boles added that after the trio left the scene, one of the men gave him four pills and some cash and that both men told him not to “say anything about them or they would kill him.”

The individuals implicated by Boles denied their involvement in the murder during interviews with police, according to the affidavit.

Investigators said in the affidavit that a detective observed apparent bloodstains in a bathroom of a residence where Boles is alleged to have changed his pants on Dec. 9.

Boles has voluntarily submitted fingerprints and a DNA sample to police.

Christopher Leger, Boles’ attorney, said Wednesday evening that he could not comment on specific details of the case because he is still awaiting discovery paperwork, but said that his client maintains his innocence.