STATE OF MAINE
OXFORD, ss.
STATE OF MAINE
Vv
MARK PENLEY
DOB: 9/6/1969
Address: 21 Bird Farm Road
Peru, ME 04290
Height: 5° 03" Weight: 170 Ibs.
Hair: Gray Eyes: Hazel
ATN No. 304470B
CTN No. 001/000621
002/000621
SUPERIOR COURT
CRIMINAL ACTION
DOCKET NO. CR-19- 44
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF:
17-4 MRS. § 201(1)(A)
INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING MURDER
(TWO COUNTS)
Detective Jennifer King, Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit- South, being first duly
sworn, deposes and states upon information and belief that:
COUNTI
INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING MURDER,
On or about January 1, 2019, in the Town of South Paris, Oxford County, State of Maine,
MARK PENLEY (dob:9/6/1 969), did intentionally or knowingly cause the death of HEATHER
BICKFORD (dob:10/9/1987), in violation of 17-A MRS, § 201(1}(A).couNT IL
INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING MURDER
On or about January 1, 2019, in the Town of South Paris, Oxford County, State of Maine,
MARK PENLEY (dob:9/6/1969), did intentionally or knowingly cause the death of DANA HILL
(dob:7/28/1987), in violation of 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A).
CppAplainfnt
Swom to before me this__4 day of _Januar +2019.STATE OF MAINE
AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
I, Detective Desiree Wuthenow, being duly swom, do depose and swear to the following: Lama
Law Enforcement Officer with the Maine State Police and have served as such for approximately
3 years.
Based on the following reliable facts, circumstances and information from my own personal
knowledge or relayed to me by other Inw enforcement personnel involved in the investigation, I
have probable cause to believe and do believe that MARK PENLEY (DOB 9/6/1969) did
commit the crime of Murder I violation of [Title 17-A Section 201(1)(A).
1.
My Basis for Probable Cause Is As Follows:
On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 8:26 PM, MARK PENLEY (DOB 9/6/1969) called 911
and reported to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department dispatch that he had gone to 24
Market Square in South Paris to see his children and he found “them” dead. The
dispatcher, Cheryl Coffin, said she asked PENLEY if he meant his children were dead,
and PENLEY clarified that he found HEATHER BICKFORD and DANA HILL dead.
Dispatcher Coffin then dispatched officers to the scene.
Paris Police Department Officer Joseph Correia, Norway Police Department Officer Dan
Brown, and Oxford County Deputy Sheriff Derrick MacDonald arrived on scene and
entered the apartment where they spoke to PENLEY, who was holding an infant. Officer
Correia advised he saw another child sitting on a couch inside the apartment. PENLEY.
told Officer Correia that he found two bodies. PENLEY said the two people inside the
apartment were HEATHER BICKFORD and DANA HILL. Officer Correia advised
PENLEY that detectives would want to talk with him and asked him to stay on scene.
PENLEY agreed and took the children to his vehicle and then remained in the parking