Jeffery Gorman

Also known as: Russ Gorman

Active: 2001–2001
Region: Portland, Maine, USA
State: ME
Kind: Single
Status: Convicted
Victims: 1

Amy St. Laurent, 25, disappeared after a night out in Portland's Old Port in October 2001, after Jeffery "Russ" Gorman offered her a ride from a friend's apartment. Seven weeks later her body was found buried in woods near his mother's home in Scarborough. His mother's grand jury testimony that he had confessed to her was key evidence at trial. A Cumberland County jury convicted him of murder in January 2003 and he was sentenced to 60 years; Maine's highest court upheld the conviction in 2004.

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Victims

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Amy St. Laurent, 25 · October 21, 2001
An older daughter and sister; her mother founded the Amy St. Laurent Foundation, which funds free self-defense training for women in Maine.

Timeline of locations

2001
Gorman's home (Scarborough) (Killer's residence, approximate area)
Gorman lived in Scarborough and spent time working and socializing in Westbrook.
October 21, 2001
Old Port, Portland (Abduction, approximate area)
Amy St. Laurent spent the evening at bars in Portland's Old Port and was last seen leaving a Portland apartment with Gorman between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m.
December 8, 2001
Woods in Scarborough (Recovery site, approximate area)
Her body was found buried in woods near a pond, about three-tenths of a mile from the home of Gorman's mother in Scarborough, after a seven-week search.
January 13, 2003
Cumberland County Courthouse (Court / trial)
Gorman was tried in Cumberland County Superior Court and convicted of murder after a five-day jury trial. Justice Nancy Mills sentenced him to 60 years in prison.

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Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine (2006, Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora)

Sources

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