Cold Case - State of Maine forty five year Cover up of my son Michael Craig Cochran's Murder

My many years of trying to get justice for my son, Mike.
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FIGHTING FOR JUTICE

MY TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD SON, MIKE

Police seek justice for the decades-old unsolved murder of Michael Cochran of Dedham

DEDHAM, Maine — Police are pushing for answers to help solve the 41-[45] year-old cold case killing of Michael Cochran of Dedham.

In a facebook post a Maine State Police detectives said the 24-year-old man’s body was discovered among the rubble of a burned-out cabin in Dedham on Feb. 24, 1981. Police said they believe the cabin was burned on Feb. 18, 1981.

Police ruled his death a homicide,and the case has remained unsolved. Police are asking anyone with information about Cochran’s murder to call the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit at 207-973-3750."
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I am Mike Cochran's mother. I am 90 years old. In February of 1981, when Mike was murdered, I was 44. I have spent half my life trying to get justice for Mike. I was first told Mike's death was an accident. I spent years trying to find out what happened the night Mike was murdered and I have been told by the Attorney General's Office that there won't be any justice because the police bungled Mike's murder.

I received a letter on Sept. 5, 2006 (twenty years ago) from Deputy Attorney General William Stokes telling me that there remains tremendous difficulties with prosecuting this case particularly in view of the fact that the ‘homicide scene’ was not treated as such until a significant period of time after your son’s death, potentially jeopardizing important evidence in the meantime."

Portland Press Herald Reporter Eric Russell wrote in his Dec. 3, 2017 article "After 25 years, the state’s top homicide prosecutor admitted that police had bungled the investigation from the beginning.."

Assistant Attorny General Thomas Goodwin also told Russell that [H]e also doesn’t dispute the opinion of [Kenneth] MacMaster, the former state police detective who called the case a “travesty of justice.” “If he thought the case was mishandled, I’d be inclined to believe him,” Goodwin said.

Now, the Maine State Police are "asking anyone with information about Cochran's murder to call" them. What would they do with the information since the Maine Attorney General's Office has said that the case cannot be prosecuted?

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD reported on December 3, 2017 that "Kenneth MacMaster, a former Maine State Police detective who wasn’t assigned to the Cochran investigation but knew the victim and many of the people involved, agreed with the victim’s mother that the case was mishandled. In an interview last month, he called the case a “travesty of justice,” and said the details were etched into his memory. Mr. MacMaster, I am now 90 years-old and have suffered my son's murder for 45 years, half my life. Please tell me what you know about what happened the night Mike was murdered what is etched in your memory. Please tell me! What was done wrong the night Mike's life was taken? I beg of you please tell me!

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