Joseph Eaton has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in Bowdoin, Maine.
in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in Bowdoin, Maine — included his parents Cynthia Eaton, 62, and David Eaton, 66, Col. William Ross of the Maine State Police said at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Among the four victims were also family friends Robert Eger, 72, and Patti Eger, 62, state police said. Eaton's mother, Cynthia, and her friends the Egers were found dead inside the home on 1459 Augusta Road in Bowdoin, state police said. David Eaton's body was found outside in a barn on their property, state police said. The Chief Medical Examiner's office ruled all four died by homicide from gunshot wounds.
On April 14, Eaton's mother picked her son up from Wyndham Correctional facility, where he had been incarcerated for two years, state police said, and she took him to stay at the Eger's home.
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