UPDATE: Police charge man in alleged murder of missing Waterville woman

Wed, 10/23/2019 - 1:15pm
Melissa Sousa
    The State Medical Examiner's Office said Oct. 24 that the body found in the basement of a Waterville apartment house Wednesday is  29-year-old Melissa Sousa. Waterville police had asked for statewide help in finding her on Oct. 23.
     
     In addition, her longtime boyfriend, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, is now charged with murder, according to a news release from the Maine Public Safety Office.  The decision to charge Lovejoy was made by the Maine Attorney General's Office Oct. 24, as State and Waterville Police continued the investigation into the discovery of Sousa's body.

     Lovejoy  remains at the Kennebec County Jail.  He was arrested by Waterville Police late Tuesday night for having a loaded rifle in his vehicle.  He was informed of the murder charge at the jail a short time ago and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday at 3 p.m.

     

     

    Waterville Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a young Waterville mother who was last seen Tuesday morning, Oct. 22.   Melissa Sousa, 29, of 32 Gold Street was last seen about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday her two children on a school bus by her house.  Friends reported her missing last night and Waterville Police asked State Police to assist them in the investigation later in the evening, according to a news release from the Maine Office of Public Safety.

    Melissa is five feet tall, weighs 125 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.  She lives at the duplex home with 28 year old Nicholas Lovejoy and they are the parents of eight year old twin girls.  A team of State Police detectives and evidence technicians are in Waterville and have joined  Waterville Police in the investigation.   Anyone who has seen Sousa or has information on her whereabouts is asked to call Waterville Police at 680-4700 extension 4513.

    Lovejoy was arrested by Waterville Police around midnight after his SUV was stopped on Summer St.  Waterville Police charged him with having a loaded rifle in the car and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said he had left his children alone at the home.   Lovejoy was interviewed at the Waterville Police Department this morning and has cooperated with investigators .  He was later taken to the Kennebec County Jail, where he is being held in lieu of $2,000 bail.

    Most Popular