State Police detectives are in the Southern Aroostook community of Sherman today investigating a death they've classified as a homicide.

UPDATE: State Police are now investigating the death of a man found dead over the weekend in Sherman as a homicide - after the State Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy today on the body of 31-year-old, Douglas Morin, of Oakfield.

The cause of death is not being released, but the medical examiner’s office determined the death to be a homicide. A team of detectives have been working on the case since they were called to the scene Sunday morning on the Pd Road in Sherman.


ORIGINAL STORY: Police say a body was found inside a vehicle on the Lower PD Road near Macwahoc Lake around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. So far, the name of the deceased hasn't been released, and police aren't commenting on a cause of death.

The body has been taken to the State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

We'll update this story as more details become available.

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