The Murder of Sarah Cherry: Humans are not Infallible

**Content Warning: Today we cover the sexual assault and murder of a child - listener discretion is advised.**

Do you ever start researching something you think might be a simple, open and shut case and then realize there is a tangled web of circumstantial evidence, admitted lies, witness testimony, additional suspects, and a mountain of appeals surrounding the disappearance and gruesome death of a 12-year-old girl? Yeah, us either. B digs deep into the court documents of the trial surrounding the murder of Sarah Cherry and is here to breakdown all the key details in the case. This one is another doozy.

Sources

• The Murder of Sarah Cherry by Charlie O’Brein for Medium
• Casetext: State v. Dechaine, 121 A.3d 76, 2015 Me. 88 (Me. 2015)
• Justia: 572 A.2d 130 (1990) State of Maine v. Dennis J Dechaine
• Slain girl’s family relives ordeal, Associated Press/Sun Journal
• Door closing on long legal saga of convicted Maine killer Dennis Dechaine by Eric Russel for Portland Press Herald
• Dennis Dechaine: Human sacrifice? Or justice well served? By Mark LaFlamme for the Sun Journal
• Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case by Dennis Hoey for Portland Press Herald
• Could a notorious serial killer have murdered Sarah Cherry? By Colin Woodard for Sun Journal
• Wikipedia

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