I was at the press conference for this earlier today. It happened in my city last month, and today it was classified a homicide.
Bangor burned-body case now a homicide
Thursday, April 13, 2006 - Bangor Daily News << Back
BANGOR - Investigators said Thursday they have concluded that the homeless man whose burning body was discovered last month under a downtown bridge was a homicide victim.
Trevor Paul Sprague, 34, formerly of Lubec, had spent much of the past 10 years in and out of Bangor homeless shelters or living in places such as under bridges to avoid attention. His body was discovered March 7 engulfed in flames under the Harlow Street bridge near Kenduskeag Stream.
Lt. Tim Reid, a Bangor police detective, also said Thursday that the cause of death has been determined, but is being withheld. "As far as we’re concerned, it’s been investigated as a homicide since Day One."

