State Police have taken a Houlton man into custody in connection with the suspected shooting of an Oakfield couple and three separate fires in Southern Aroostook County.

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Firefighters who responded to the blaze early Monday morning discovered the bodies of a man and woman inside a house at 331 Oakfield-Smyrna Road in Oakfield.  State police say a fire down the road at Katahdin Forest Products in Oakfield and a pickup truck found ablaze near a boat landing in Island Falls appear to be related. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the three fires.

Police conducted an extensive search throughout the morning for the suspect, 32-year-old Matthew Davis of Houlton. That search ended about 10:45 a.m. when State Troopers say they found Davis in a stolen motor vehicle on the Beaver Dam Road in Island Falls.

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Davis is being held at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton on a theft charge as investigators work to piece together the evidence in this case. State Police have not said why they suspected Davis was involved in the shootings, or what his motive might have been. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

 

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