LINCOLNVILLE — On Friday, January 6, 2023 at approximately 9:39 a.m., the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from 54 Thorndike Road in Lincolnville for an unresponsive male. 

Sheriff Deputies responded and found Kevin Curit, 47, of Lincolnville deceased.

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit responded. Detectives and Evidence Technicians worked throughout the day and into the early morning hours of Saturday conducting interviews and processing the scene, according to a news release of the Maine Dept. of Public Safety.  

An autopsy was conducted at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta on Saturday morning.  As a result of the autopsy, the death was ruled a homicide, the release said.

The cause of death is being withheld at this time as requested by the Attorney General’s Office.

On Saturday evening State Police Detectives arrested Matthew Pendleton, 47, of Lincolnville and charged him with murder, the release said. Pendleton was transported  to the Waldo County Jail where he is being held without bail.