Philip Scott Fournier made a tearful confession to his pastor about killing Joyce McLain and then told his parents and Bangor police the same thing. But Fournier later told different versions of what happened, and his defence contends a traumatic brain injury could’ve affected his memories. The 57-year-old Fournier is on trial in the 1980 killing in East Millinocket, where McLain disappeared when she went for a run. Thomas said he didn’t believe Fournier, so he called his mother and stepfather, to whom Fournier confessed again. All told, Fournier was interviewed by police more than two dozen times throughout the investigation before he was charged in 2016.

Source: National Post January 26, 2018 20:03 UTC