Maxine T. Bitomski, 73, was found murdered in her Kittery, Maine home on January 16, 1993. She had lived on Colonial Road for about 40 years and was remembered as a devoted grandmother whose house was a gathering place for family. The night before she was found she spoke with a granddaughter and a friend and watched a town council meeting; early the next morning a delivery driver and neighbors noticed a partially open side door and a broken window, but did not contact authorities.

Her grandson, George, discovered her body in the bathtub amid signs of a violent struggle and broken furniture. An autopsy determined her death was a homicide, though investigators have not publicly released the specific cause of death. More than a year later a plastic Kmart bag hidden near her house yielded a robe and pajamas and an inhaler bearing her name; a suspect was interviewed early in the probe but no arrests were made and the case went cold.

Maine State Police have recently reopened the investigation and said advances in DNA and forensic testing are being pursued while investigators reinterview a credible suspect who had earlier been of interest. Anyone with information, however small, that could help identify who killed Maxine is asked to come forward.