28th July 2022

Maine - Boy, 15, arrested after girlfriend, 14, found dead by her mom inside family home

By metro.co.uk

A 15-year-old boy allegedly murdered of his 14-year-old girlfriend who was discovered dead in her family’s home.

Aidan Grant was arrested on Saturday morning and charged with murder in the death of Brooke McLaughlin, court documents show.

The girl’s mother, Rebecca ‘Becky’ McLaughlin, found her at their home at 25 Blackberry Road in Maine on the evening of July 18.

Brooke’s cause of death has been withheld by a chief medical examiner at the request of the attorney general.

Grant is incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

According to Grant’s Facebook profile, he was in a relationship with Brooke since February 13. His profile picture has the two of them kissing with a firework in the background.

‘My everything,’ Grant wrote in the caption of a picture along with a heart emoji.

A red Chevy Impala was missing at the time of the incident. Authorities found the vehicle the next day in Wayne, the town where Grant resides, WMTW reported.

Brooke was going into eighth grade at Maranacook Middle School.

She was a ‘kind, loving, very thoughtful, big hearted, strong person who (loved) her family and friends’, her obituary states.

Becky called for justice for her daughter’s death in a Facebook post on Saturday.

‘I love you my beautiful angel… fly high baby girl… my heart is broken but I’m trying my hardest Brooke Mclaughlin… mom loves you forever and justice will be served… you will always be mom’s everything… #justiceforBrooke,’ the mother wrote, and attached a video of her singing Dancing in the Sky.

Maranacook schools Superintendent Jay Charette announced Brooke’s death to the community on Thursday.

‘Although we don’t know the circumstances of this tragic event we are working with various agencies to offer our support in a timely and appropriately sensitive manner to our students and staff given the nature of this tragedy,’ stated Charette.

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