On July 15, 1997, 58-year-old Rita Demers of Lebanon, Maine, was killed in an act of domestic violence. Investigators determined Rita was fatally shot by her husband, 67-year-old Roland Demers, who then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide. The deaths were among 19 homicides recorded in Maine that year.

Rita A. Bougie Demers was buried at Saint Ignatius Cemetery in Sanford, York County. Roland Demers, born March 21, 1930, died the same day. With the suspected perpetrator deceased, there are no other named suspects in the case.

Did anyone in the community know Rita or the Demers family and have memories or details to share about them or the events surrounding that summer day?