A 60-year-old Maine man, David Gaudreau, will most likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for the 2024 murder of his wife, Dale. A week before her death, the woman had left David, who, after shooting her, called his family to confess.
As reported by WMTW, Gaudreau was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Friday, August 29. After initially pleading not guilty, he changed his plea to guilty and was convicted of murder.
According to the Maine State Police, the incident occurred on May 28, 2024. At around 7:10 p.m., the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) received numerous 911 calls reporting a crash in Peru on Auburn Road. Witnesses had observed a truck crashing into a car and firing a gun into it.
Hauntingly, a Peru resident told police that he heard the gunshots, thinking init