MSP Det. Barry Shuman 1981 Investigation Report

Det. Shuman's arson/homicide report  Feb. 24 - Mar. 11, 1981

February 24, 1981 1205 ... Ths writer would take the necessary photographs at the scene and that the arson investigators would take the necessary evidence for analysis and there was no need for the crime lab to respond.            Inspector Ricker advised that while Det. Jamison went to make the phone call two people arrived on the property, Lionel Cormier of Bangor and Percy Sargent of Monroe. ... Both Sargent and Cormier appeared surprised to see Ricker and departed the scene shortly after telling him(Ricker) who the were. ... March 4, 1981 1100 Interviewed Mark Ashe - missing from discovery 1130 Interviewed John Clark of Dedham. missing from discovery March 25, 1981 Det. LLoyd Blethan, Bangor Police Department, conducted Polygraph Examination of Paul Pollard. Preliminary results showed Pollard truthful as far as knowledge of who started the fire at the Dupray camp.  Exam not turned over in discovery.