The man accused of murder in a case that went cold for nearly 40 years pleaded not guilty on Monday, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Stephen Bouchard, 63, of Winslow was arrested on Friday and charged with murdering 23-year-old Alice Hawkes in 1987.
Bouchard was Alice Hawkes’ live-in boyfriend at the time of her death, according to police. Her body was found on Oct. 4, 1987, in the Westbrook apartment they shared. Her throat had been slit, according to her death certificate.
Her death was quickly ruled a homicide, but despite an investigation at the time, the case went cold, according to police.
Hawkes grew up on Cedar Street in Bangor and graduated in 1982 from Bangor High School.
In 2025, the state police Major Crimes Unit-Unsolved started a full reinvestigation of the case, leading the Maine Attorney General’s Office to seek a murder charge against Bouchard, police said.
Bouchard appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court for his arraignment on Monday afternoon and was ordered to remain at Cumberland County Jail without bail, according to the Press Herald.
