BELFAST – The stepfather of a little girl who has been convicted of murder in her beating death took the stand Friday morning in the murder trial of her mother.

BELFAST – The state rested its case in the Sharon Carrillo murder trial on Thursday after jurors listened to hours and hours of video-recorded interviews with the accused in which she confessed to beating her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy.

BELFAST – The disturbing images that prosecutors and the defense warned jurors about at the beginning of the Sharon Carrillo murder trial were shown Wednesday in court.

BELFAST – Audio and video recordings taken by Maine State Police shortly after 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy died were played Tuesday at the murder trial of her mother, Sharon Carrillo.

BELFAST – A social worker the state called Monday in the Sharon Carrillo murder trial may be the last person, outside of the family, to see the 10-year-old girl alive before she died.

BELFAST – Friday was the first day of the murder trial for a Stockton Springs mom who is accused of helping her husband beat her daughter to death over a period of several months.

BELFAST – A last-minute attempt to free a mother with “limited intellectual functioning” from facing a murder charge in the beating death of her oldest child has failed.

BANGOR – The lawyer for a Winterport man charged in connection to the drug overdose death of his 1-year-old daughter says there is a report that clears his client.

ADDISON – A local man disappeared without a trace five months ago, and the Maine State Police are now involved.

BELFAST – Just before Monday’s scheduled competency hearing for accused murderer Sharon Carrillo, the judge overseeing the case made two decisions.