Michael Curtis

How they died

Deadly force

Curtis, a dispatcher for the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office, left his home after an argument with his wife and drove to the Hilltop Manor in Dover-Foxcroft where his wife's ex-husband, Udo Schneider. Curtis shot and killed Schneider. He drove to Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds where a standoff ensued. While Sheriff Goggin walked toward Curtis across a field to negotiate, a trooper shot and killed Curtis.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Michael Curtis, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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