Overview
- Maine authorities say Nicole Jackson, 46, was killed in Skowhegan, with the medical examiner ruling her death a homicide caused by blunt and sharp force trauma.
- Police identified 55-year-old Dane Burke of Skowhegan as the suspect, spotted his silver 2018 Jeep Compass with Ohio plates in Lowell on Saturday morning, and a pursuit began.
- The chase moved through multiple Massachusetts communities onto I-93, crossed into New Hampshire, continued on I-293 and Route 114, and ended when the Jeep crashed into a tree on Route 13 in Dunbarton.
- Burke barricaded himself in the vehicle before officers deployed nonlethal munitions; he was taken into custody and hospitalized with injuries and remains in New Hampshire custody.
- He faces a Maine murder charge, New Hampshire authorities plan a fugitive-of-justice count with additional pursuit-related charges expected, Massachusetts authorities have also lodged charges, and investigators seized the Jeep as evidence; no other injuries were reported.