Christian Charles NIELSEN |





Christian Nielsen is escorted from Oxford County Superior Court in
South Paris, Maine,
following his arraignment on four counts of murder.
(Joel Page/AP)

Christian Nielsen, left, is led out the back door of the Oxford
County Superior Courthouse to a waiting police
cruiser in Paris,
Maine, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. (AP photo)


Christian Nielsen entered a conditional guilty plea on October 9,
2007
to four slayings in western Maine 13 months ago.
(Joel Page/Associated Press)

Maine State Police investigated the crime scene yesterday at Black
Bear Bed & Breakfast in Newry. Slain
over the weekend were (from left)
Cynthia Beatson, Selby Bullard, James Whitehurst, and Julie Bullard.
(Fred J. Field for the Boston Globe).

Detectives Her Leighton, left, Scott Gosselin, center, and Mark
Lopez look for clues
in Newry, Maine, where the bodies of three women
were found.
(Joel Page/AP)
The victims

James Whitehurst, 50.

Julie Bullard, 65.

Selby Bullard, 30.

Cindy Beatson, 43.
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