The Contentious Death of Mark Dugas, Part One

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

2004 - Waldoboro, Maine. 39-year-old Mark Dugas, a loving father, was stabbed with a kitchen knife in June of 2004, during a heated altercation with his wife, Amy Dugas. He ran to a neighbor for help, but tragically died before first responders arrived. As news of Amy’s murder charges spread, Mark’s family and friends were determined to bring the truth to light: that Mark's death was the result of escalating domestic violence. The community grappled with the fact that a petite woman like Amy could be the aggressor, triggering a conversation state wide about how we look at relationship violence from all angles. Prosecutors sought to prove this murder was intentional after Mark told Amy that he was leaving her. Amy’s defense team said she acted in self-defense. But the state had its star witness. The only other person who was present during the deadly fight… and they hoped his testimony could help set the record straight: Amy’s 8-year-old son. This is part 1 of 2 of Mark Dugas’ story. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here If you or somebody you know feel unsafe at home, or you experience violence in your relationship, it's never too late to get help. Please reach out to your local crisis center, or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE to get help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Kristen Ceevy. This is Murder She Told.
0:19.5	This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence. Please listen with care. If you
0:24.6	are someone you know or feeling unsafe at home, help is available 24-7. Reach out to your local
0:30.1	crisis center or in the US call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. It's never too
0:39.3	late to get help. Mark Dugas and Cindy Hastings grew up together and fell in love. My best friend is
0:53.0	dating his best friend. So that's when we started hanging out. We started dating but we didn't
0:58.1	have a driver's license then. So he would hitchhike from his home in rock court to my home in
1:05.0	Thomaston. We spent a lot of time hitchhiking. If he couldn't get a ride, he'd walk. It was one
1:10.8	time when he walked all the way from rock court to my house in Thomaston to come see me.
1:17.0	Mark graduated from Camden Rockport High School, class of 1982. He was a year older than Cindy.
1:24.2	Mark loved riding his ATV, snowmobiling, canoeing, ice fishing, skiing and camping. They had a
1:32.3	child together, Brianna. Cindy described Mark as having a huge capacity for love. He just wanted
1:39.6	everybody to get along. He and Cindy could be spontaneous.
1:44.1	I must have been a Saturday night and Mark and I were sitting at home, you know, a beautiful summer
1:49.3	evening and we're bored and breeze and bed sound asleep and we just decided that we would pack
1:56.1	out our gear and we had a little toe behind trailer for the ATV so we packed all our camping gear
2:02.7	in that and woke up breathe and told her we were going up to the top of the mountain to
2:07.8	catch the tent and go camping for the night and then we'd get up in the morning and
2:13.1	watch the sunrise and cook our breakfast and then go home. Mark worked in the shipping and
2:18.0	receiving department at Bicknell Manufacturing as a supplier of tools for the stone cutting industry.
2:24.2	He worked for his father-in-law, Richard Hastings, who said of him, you couldn't ask for a better guy.
2:30.0	He was always willing to help out. He worked there for nine years and then he worked for his
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