Maine man murdered his parents and their two friends just days after his mom picked him up from prison: police
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A man shot and killed his parents and two of their friends on Tuesday morning, just days after his mother picked him up from prison, according to Maine State Police.
His mother, 62-year-old Cynthia Eaton, had picked him up from Maine Correctional Center in Windham on Friday after he served a sentence for aggravated assault. A sheriff's department caution tape is set up at the entrance of a crime scene in Bowdoin, Maine, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi) Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Bowdoin, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) A hearse leaves the scene of a shooting, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Bowdoin, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Vehicles are stopped on a highway at a scene where people were injured in a shooting on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, Maine, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle) Members of law enforcement approach vehicles at a scene where people were injured in a shooting on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, Maine, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle) Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to Paul.Best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.
Police did not release information about Eaton's whereabouts between Friday and Tuesday morning, when a relative discovered the bodies of his parents and their two friends shot to death at a home in Bowdoin, about 30 miles northeast of Portland.