Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Kennebec Journal Staff
The bodies of a man and woman formerly of Augusta both had gunshot wounds, police in California reported Thursday in the continuing investigation into their deaths.
Autopsies performed Wednesday on Frank and Yvette Maddox showed that both suffered gunshot wounds before dying, according to a news release from Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County, Calif., Sheriff's Department.
The Maddoxes' bodies were found March 4 in a roadside embankment in the rural northern California county. They had been missing since late January.
Further tests are still needed before investigators can officially determine a cause in the deaths of Frank Maddox, 32, and Yvette Maddox, 40, because of the condition of the bodies, Bauman said in the release.
Detectives looking into the case have said an abandoned pickup truck they've been trying to find may also yield clues in the case.
On Thursday, a Lake County resident told police he had taken the truck to his property in late February to dismantle it for parts. The rusted, beige truck had been photographed in Lake County and again spotted on Feb. 18 and 23. Bauman said detectives are working to confirm the resident's reports about the truck and recover the vehicle's remains.
A person of interest in the Maddoxes' deaths, another Augusta native, remained behind bars Thursday in Lake County. Robby Alan Beasley, 29, is being held without bail on violation of a probation warrant issued in Kennebec County.
Police have said Beasley allegedly threatened the Maddoxes with a firearm sometime around the time of the couple's disappearance after demanding a ride from them to the airport in Sacramento.
Authorities in California have also charged Beasley with cultivating marijuana, marijuana possession for resale and maintaining a residence for marijuana selling. Beasley, reportedly a marijuana grower, had hired the Maddoxes to work for him in Lake County.
Beasley's bail on those charges is set at $1 million.
Both the Maddoxes and Beasley have lengthy criminal histories in central Maine.
Editor's Note: The headline of this story was updated on March 13 to better clarify the nature of the wounds suffered by the Maddoxes.
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