Boy arrested after 14-year-old Maine girl found dead at home by her mother

Brooke McLaughlin was discovered lifeless in her house on July 18, 2022, by her mom.
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A Maine teen was discovered lifeless in her house final week and police have since arrested a suspect who “knew the sufferer.”

Police have launched few particulars on the demise of Brooke McLaughlin, 14, whose physique was found by her mother, Becky McLaughlin, of their Blackberry house on July 18, in accordance with the Each day Mail.

It’s unclear how she died, however police concluded the style was murder.

On Saturday, authorities arrested a male juvenile in connection to the demise, solely saying the sufferer and her attacker knew one another.

“Right now we won't be releasing the juvenile’s title or the place in Maine he's from,” mentioned a spokesperson for the Maine police.

“We may even not be releasing any investigative particulars comparable to what led police to the juvenile.”

Becky McLaughlin posted a tribute to her slain daughter on Fb.

“I really like you my stunning angel… fly excessive child lady… my coronary heart is damaged however I’m attempting my hardest Brooke Mclaughlin… mother loves you without end and justice will likely be served… you'll at all times be mother’s all the things… #justiceforBrooke,” she wrote.

Police haven't revealed any particulars in regards to the ongoing case or how the teenager was killed.

Police say McLaughlin’s mother discovered her 14-year-dead on Saturday round 6 p.m.

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The teenager’s friends remembered her as a “mature individual past her years” and mentioned she beloved animals.

“Brooke was simply agency and assured in her beliefs,” Rick Sirois, principal at Maranacook Group Center Faculty, instructed the Portland Press Herald.

“She’d generally ask to eat lunch in my workplace. We’d have informal conversations about life generally, and he or she was at all times a pleasure.”