Wednesday afternoon State Police, arrested a Waldoboro woman and charged her with murder in connection with the shooting death of her former boyfriend last month.
Detectives arrested 25 year old Arline Seavey as she was being discharged with the Spring Harbor treatment center in Westbrook.
Seavey, who also goes by the name of Arline Lawless, was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, where she is now being held.
Seavey is charged with shooting 34 year old Norman Benner of Waldoboro, at the home she rented on Friendship Road in Waldoboro. Seavey suffered a self inflicted gunshot wound to the face and has been treated for that injury since July 23, when Benner’s body was discovered by his relatives inside the home and Seavey was found wounded.
The day after the shooting, Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said Benner and Lawless were “dating, and a couple.” The pair lived together at the address where the shooting took place.
The house is owned Jeremy McPhee, who also lives at the single-family home. McCausland said police have interviewed McPhee and that he is not a suspect.