Buddy Robinson, 30, of Lewiston was found guilty in the July 2011 murder of Christiana Fesmire, after the jury spent a little more than an hour in deliberations. Fesmire’s parents live in Bremen.
Robinson pleaded not guilty, following his Oct. 13 arrest in New Gloucester. His attorney, Edward Dilworth claimed the prosecution did not have any “physical or direct piece of evidence” to prove the charge.
Last August, Fesmire’s mother, Deborah Fesmire, told The Lincoln County News that she and Christiana’s father, Chester Fesmire, last saw their daughter in June when she spent two nights at the family’s home. Chester Fesmire drove Christiana back to her home in Lewiston during the early afternoon, June 30.
Her body has not been recovered.
According to the 18-page affidavit filed in Androscoggin County Superior Court, police allege Robinson drowned Fesmire in a bathtub July 1 and subsequently disposed of her body in “a swampy area” after carrying it more than two miles off a paved road.
The affidavit states that at one time Robinson and Fesmire were both residents of a two-unit apartment house on Highland Avenue in Lewiston.
Fesmire occupied a downstairs apartment. Robinson lived upstairs, with his sister, Brandi Robinson, Brandi’s boyfriend and her 8-year-old son.
According to the affidavit friends in Lewiston last saw Fesmire on July 1. On Oct. 13, Brandi Robinson voluntarily met with Lewiston police and allegedly said Buddy Robinson told her he drowned Fesmire in a bathtub after arguing with her July 1.
The trial began Nov. 6.
