New Hampshire man arrested for 1993 cold case murder of Maxine Bitomski in Kittery, Maine
By Russ Reed
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KITTERY, Maine (WMTW) — A New Hampshire man has been arrested for the murder of a Maine woman who was found dead inside her Kittery home more than 30 years ago.
Daniel Jolly, 59, of Portsmouth, was arrested shortly before 6:15 a.m. Thursday on a warrant charging him with murder in connection with the 1993 killing of 73-year-old Maxine Bitomski, according to the Maine State Police.
Bitomski’s body was found on Jan. 16, 1993, by Kittery police officers who responded to her Colonial Road home. An autopsy was conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner the following day. The cause of Bitomski’s death remains withheld pending the unsealing of court documents, but the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.
Detectives from the Kittery Police Department and Maine State Police continued to work the case over the next three decades and determined that Jolly knew Bitomski through his employment with Medical Market, a Portsmouth-based medical supply company that provided oxygen equipment and services to Bitomski prior to her death.
Beginning in 2021, the case was re-examined by the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit – South. Detectives continued to pursue leads, review evidence and utilize advances in DNA testing, which ultimately led to Jolly’s arrest.
“This arrest reflects the determination and commitment of investigators who never stopped working this case,” said Maine State Police Lt. Tom Pickering, who oversees the agency’s Major Crimes Unit – Unsolved. “The work completed by current and retired Maine State Police detectives, members of the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the Kittery Police Department over the past 33 years was instrumental in bringing this case to this point.”
Jolly was transported to the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood, New Hampshire, where he will remain held pending extradition proceedings.
The investigation into Bitomski’s death remains ongoing. State police are asking anyone who has information related to the case to call Major Crimes Unit Sgt. Justin Huntley at 207-624-7076, ext. 9.
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