Overview
- An Essex County jury convicted Bruce Maiben, 48, of first-degree murder on Monday, and a judge imposed a life-without-parole sentence on Wednesday.
- Sherell Pringle, 40, was reported missing after a Dec. 18, 2021 date with Maiben, and family members found her body two days later in the Rumney Marsh Reservation off Route 107 in Saugus.
- Court filings say Pringle texted a friend that she was “done with [Maiben]” after he allegedly broke into her home and threatened her with a knife.
- Defense attorneys argued prosecutors failed to prove Maiben knew Pringle intended to end the relationship or that he would react violently.
- Judge Thomas Drechsler ordered Maiben committed to Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, District Attorney Paul F. Tucker emphasized accountability in a statement, and Pringle’s mother said her daughter suffered more than 200 stab wounds in a victim impact statement.