"Topsham Murder Suspect Claims Victim Was a Witch, Confesses to Stabbing"

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"Topsham Murder Suspect Claims Victim Was a Witch, Confesses to Stabbing"
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Court documents reveal that Robert McClure, a 71-year-old man accused of killing 64-year-old Christine Miller in their Topsham apartment complex, believed she was a witch and needed to die. McClure, who was reportedly hearing voices about witches and demons, stabbed Miller multiple times. Witnesses saw him leaving the apartment with a knife, and McClure admitted to the police that he stabbed her. Other residents had complained about McClure's statements about witches and threats to burn down the building. Miller had been trying to get McClure to see a psychiatrist. This incident marks the fifth death investigation in Maine within the past six days.

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