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On April 27, 2003, 78-year-old Walter Reid Morrill, known to the town by his middle name, died of arsenic poisoning after drinking coffee at the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden, and 15 other, mostly elderly churchgoers became ill, three of them seriously.
The Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is a historic church at 29 Capitol Hill Road in New Sweden, Maine. The congregation was established by Swedish immigrants to the area in 1871, and the Gothic Revival sanctuary was built in 1879-80. In 1896 the church was named in honor of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Young's 2005 book, A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power and Poison in a Small New England Town, documented a 2003 arsenic poisoning that took place at a small Lutheran church in New Sweden, Maine, killing one church member and making 15 others critically ill.
The Boston Division of the FBI and the Maine State Police are offering a $15,000 reward for assistance in locating a teenage girl who was last seen two months ago. Stefanie Damron, 14, of New ...
WAKEFIELD, N.H. - Four people were found dead on Christmas Day in Wakefield, New Hampshire from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said police ...
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church: June 20, 1997 : Eastern side of Capitol Hill Rd., 0.5 miles north of its junction with State Route 161: New Sweden: 26: Island Falls Opera House: Island Falls Opera House: July 19, 1984
Law enforcement in Maine is desperately trying to locate a 14-year-old girl who was last seen going into the woods in New Sweden, Maine, on Sept. 24. New Sweden is a small town near the Canadian ...
Stefanie Damron, 14, of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing on Sept. 24. The FBI and the Maine State Police is offering a reward up to $15,000 for information leading to Stefanie's safe return.