Maine State Police ID Man at Center of Death Investigation

The Maine State Police are in the process of investigating the death of a man from Cumberland County.

According to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety,  at about 7 PM on on Friday, October 3, 2025, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on River Road in Standish for a disturbance.

When deputies arrived, they found a man dead inside the home.  The Sheriff’s Office then brought in the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South to assist with the investigation.

The body was taken to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for an autopsy.

The man has been identified as 49-year-old Matthew Hamilton of Cumberland County.

Right now, officials are not releasing the cause or manner of death.

The investigation is still underway, but everyone involved has been identified, and there’s no threat to the public.

As we learn more, we will pass the information on to the public.

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.

 Standish, Maine was first settled in 1750 when the Massachusetts General Court granted the township to Captain Moses Pearson and Captain Humphrey Hobbs, along with their companies, for their service during the French and Indian Wars.

The plan was to name it Pearson and Hobbs Town, but Captain Hobbs died and none of his men claimed the land.  Two years later, in 1752, the area was surveyed and divided into 30-acre lots. Some soldiers held onto their claims, but many sold them off for whatever they could get. Those who stayed found their cabins burned by Native warriors trying to drive them out.

To protect themselves, the settlers built a fort at Standish Corner.  It offered safety until the fighting ended in 1759, after the Fall of Quebec.

The area became known as Pearsontown Plantation and was officially incorporated as the town of Standish on November 30, 1785.  The name honors Captain Myles Standish.