This confession contradicted Sharon Carrillo’s initial statements that Marissa Kennedy went down to the basement to watch the movie “Despicable Me” and somehow, perhaps intentionally, fatally injured herself. Read More
Sue Webber, a social worker, visited the Carrillo residence on Feb. 23, 2018, just days before 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy was found dead. Read More
Sharon Carrillo is charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of her 10-year-old daughter Marissa Kennedy and, if convicted, faces the possibility of being sentenced to life in prison for the crime. Read More
A jury seated late Thursday afternoon could hear testimony from as many as 60 potential witnesses in the murder trial of Sharon Carrillo, the 35-year-old mother who’s accused of helping to beat her 10-year-old daughter to death in 2018. Read More
Sharon Carrillo is charged with depraved indifference murder for the death of her 10-year-old daughter Marissa Kennedy. Read More
Just days before jury selection in Sharon Carrillo’s murder trial was meant to begin, her defense team and state prosecutors spent Monday afternoon at the Waldo Judicial Center grappling over issues critical to the case. Read More
The murder trial of the woman accused of helping to beat her 10-year-old daughter to death is scheduled to start next week. Read More
The 9 percent decline in the number of overall crimes from 2017 to 2018 is the largest percentage drop in crime in the past four years. Read More
A Maine lawmaker said Tuesday that judges are dealing with more child welfare cases after the state ended a practice of placing children with other family members during investigations, illustrating a challenge the state faces in overhauling its system. Read More
A Waldo County judge will require the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to release more than 1,000 pages of records that pertain to 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, who was beaten to death in February 2018. Read More
The family and friends of murder victims often demand that Maine judges sentence defendants to life in prison. But in a state that has not had a death penalty since the late 1800s, life sentences are relatively rare. Read More
Julio Carrillo learned Wednesday he will spend 55 years in prison for his role in the beating death of his 10-year-old stepdaughter Marissa Kennedy. But the case is far from being resolved. Read More
A Waldo County judge today sentenced 52-year-old Julio Carrillo to 55 years in prison and $6,100 in restitution for the violent beating death of his 10-year-old stepdaughter. Read More
State prosecutors are asking the court to sentence Julio Carrillo to life in prison for the murder of his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Marissa Kennedy, describing her beating death as torture that deeply affected the wider community. Read More
Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is accused of helping to beat her 10-year-old daughter to death in 2018, are demanding that prosecutors return seven cellphones they believe could help exonerate their client. Read More
Julio Carrillo, 52, entered his plea during a hearing Monday afternoon at the Waldo Judicial Center in Belfast. He had been scheduled to go on trial next month. Read More
Sharon Carrillo's attorney, Christopher MacLean, said jury selection in her trial will begin in December if the state doesn't drop the charges. Read More
The man accused of killing 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy will plead guilty to murder on July 22, according to the clerk’s office at the Waldo County Judicial Center in Belfast. Read More
