When Teenager Sandra Knowlton Killed Officer Paul Simard

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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1958 - Lewiston, Maine. In July of 1958, ten police officers in Lewiston, Maine found themselves in a 30-minute standoff with an armed shooter in the woods just off a road in nearby Sabattus. Trying to de-escalate the situation, Police Officer Paul J. Simard stepped forward, talking with the shooter to drop their weapon. But the shooter didn't back down. A shot rang out, hitting Officer Simard and killing him. When the standoff finally came to a head, the shooter agreed to surrender... and out from the behind a bush stepped the deadly shooter... a 14-year-old girl named Sandra Knowlton. Episode sources and photos: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/sandra-knowlton Support the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.murdershetold.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@murdershetoldpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@murdershetold⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/mstpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠murdershetold.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England and small town USA.
0:19.2	I'm your host, Kristen Ceevy.
0:21.8	You can connect with me at murdersheetold.com or follow on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.
0:30.0	10. Lewis and police officers stood in the woods, just off a back road in Sabattas, Maine,
0:43.5	hiding behind trees in defense positions.
0:46.4	They'd been engaged in an armed standoff, and for the past 30 minutes, they'd been trying
0:51.7	to coax the shooter to drop their weapon and come out from behind the bush they were
0:56.1	hiding in.
0:57.6	The ground and trunks around the officers were peppered with about 50 bullets that
1:02.3	greeted them when they closed in on the shooter, who aimlessly shot in their direction.
1:07.8	But police were at a standstill.
1:10.2	The shooter wasn't budging, despite multiple attempts to talk them into surrendering.
1:15.8	32-year-old Petrolman Paul J. Samard took the lead, attempting to de-escalate the
1:21.4	situation.
1:23.3	Begun happy, just come out and nobody will get hurt, he said, cautiously stepping forward.
1:29.7	A voice from the bush shouted at the officers to go away, and when they didn't follow instructions,
1:36.2	the voice warned once again, get that flat foot out of the way or he'll get shot.
1:42.1	Flat foot is an old slang term for policemen.
1:45.5	But the officers didn't back down, and in response, a shot rang out piercing the air.
1:52.6	Their Ralph Frazier counted his blessings as a 22 caliber round, whizzed, just past
1:57.9	his ear, barely missing him.
2:00.2	The bullet lodged itself into a nearby tree.
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