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Bangor Dispatch
Police: Recovered Body That of Missing Artist
The body recovered on Mizzen Island on Monday is that of artist Allison Niedermeier, Mount Desert Island police announced today.
The body recovered on Mizzen Island on Monday is that of artist Allison Niedermeier, Mount Desert Island police announced today.
According to police spokesperson Todd Pruitt, Niedermeier’s husband, Karl Bork, reported her missing last week and provided authorities with an alleged suicide note he claimed to have found in Niedermeier’s bedroom. Bork told the Dispatch that the note described Niedermeier’s plan to take her own life by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and jumping into Blue Hill Bay from their dinghy. The dinghy washed up in West Tremont the day after Niedermeier disappeared. However, without a body, authorities continued to investigate, and were preparing to return to the island to perform a more thorough search.
Yesterday, Bork spokesperson Ann Kinnear confirmed that Bork contacted authorities and told them that he had buried his wife’s body on the island after she took her own life, and had then set the dinghy adrift to support the story of an unassisted suicide. Authorities recovered the body and took it to Bangor for autopsy.
Bork was accompanied to the police station by Kinnear and Garrick Masser. Masser runs a consulting business based in Somesville, through which, according to his website, he offers “services related to communications with the dead.” Bork and Niedermeier hired Masser three years ago after the death of their daughter, as described in an interview with the couple published in the Dispatch’s “Local Life!” section.
In a statement made outside the police station, Masser said, “Neither Miss Kinnear nor I are here in any official capacity related to our consulting services, but rather as supporters of Mr. Bork. We could, of course, offer valuable insights into the situation. However, through the short-sightedness of the legal system, these would not be admissible—”
At this point Kinnear interrupted him and they re-entered the police station.
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Yesterday, Bork spokesperson Ann Kinnear confirmed that Bork contacted authorities and told them that he had buried his wife’s body on the island after she took her own life, and had then set the dinghy adrift to support the story of an unassisted suicide. Authorities recovered the body and took it to Bangor for autopsy.
Bork was accompanied to the police station by Kinnear and Garrick Masser. Masser runs a consulting business based in Somesville, through which, according to his website, he offers “services related to communications with the dead.” Bork and Niedermeier hired Masser three years ago after the death of their daughter, as described in an interview with the couple published in the Dispatch’s “Local Life!” section.
In a statement made outside the police station, Masser said, “Neither Miss Kinnear nor I are here in any official capacity related to our consulting services, but rather as supporters of Mr. Bork. We could, of course, offer valuable insights into the situation. However, through the short-sightedness of the legal system, these would not be admissible—”
At this point Kinnear interrupted him and they re-entered the police station.
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Bangor Dispatch
Police: No Charges to be Filed in Niedermeier Death
Autopsy results on the body of local artist Allison Niedermeier confirm that she died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Police also announced that forensic handwriting expert John Gable confirmed that the note found in Niedermeier’s bedroom was in fact written by Niedermeier, and that there is no indication that it was written under duress.
Police said that they will not be pressing charges against Niedermeier’s husband, Karl Bork, despite the fact that he did not have a death certificate for his wife, or a permit to bury her.
Bork spokesperson Ann Kinnear confirmed to the Dispatch that Bork has pancreatic cancer, with a life expectancy of less than a year. Kinnear, whose website claims that she is “able to perceive manifestations of spirits,” said that Bork had hired her to convey the message to his wife that “he would be with her soon.”
With interest in Niedermeier and her work increasing in the wake of her death, Kinnear reported that Bork has agreed that Niedermeier’s suicide note will be made available to the Department of Art at the University of Maine – Orono upon his death.
Autopsy results on the body of local artist Allison Niedermeier confirm that she died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Police also announced that forensic handwriting expert John Gable confirmed that the note found in Niedermeier’s bedroom was in fact written by Niedermeier, and that there is no indication that it was written under duress.
Police said that they will not be pressing charges against Niedermeier’s husband, Karl Bork, despite the fact that he did not have a death certificate for his wife, or a permit to bury her.
Bork spokesperson Ann Kinnear confirmed to the Dispatch that Bork has pancreatic cancer, with a life expectancy of less than a year. Kinnear, whose website claims that she is “able to perceive manifestations of spirits,” said that Bork had hired her to convey the message to his wife that “he would be with her soon.”
With interest in Niedermeier and her work increasing in the wake of her death, Kinnear reported that Bork has agreed that Niedermeier’s suicide note will be made available to the Department of Art at the University of Maine – Orono upon his death.