Overview
- Nicole Jackson, 46, was found dead Wednesday in Skowhegan, and the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by blunt force and sharp force trauma.
- A 2018 silver Jeep Compass with Ohio plates linked to Burke was spotted in Lowell around 8 a.m. Saturday, triggering a pursuit through several Massachusetts towns and onto I-93 into New Hampshire.
- Officers reported hazardous driving with wrong-lane travel and speeds up to about 80 mph before the Jeep crashed on Route 13 in Dunbarton, where New Hampshire State Police SWAT took Burke into custody around 10:30 a.m.
- Burke was hospitalized after the crash, with Maine officials describing his injuries as non-life-threatening while other reports called them serious.
- New Hampshire plans a fugitive-of-justice charge and additional charges related to the pursuit are expected, the Jeep was seized as evidence, and Burke remains in New Hampshire custody pending his return to Maine.