The Associated Press State & Local Wire
February 7, 2000, Monday, AM cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 481 words
HEADLINE: A year later, police call slaying 'very solvable'
DATELINE: SACO, Maine
BODY:
It will be a year Thursday since Ashley Ouellette was found slain in Scarborough, but police say they remain confident that the Saco teen-ager's killer will be brought to justice.
"We feel it is a very solvable case," said State Police Sgt. Matthew Stewart. "We have made progress in the last year. We're still receiving information on a regular basis from people in the community."
On Feb. 10, 1999, Ouellette, 15, was found strangled and lying face down in the middle of the Pine Point Road. The Thornton Academy sophomore was last seen alive at a mobile home in a rural section of Saco.
What police need, Stewart said, is probable cause to make an arrest and evidence that will prove their case.
As they await answers about who killed their daughter, Lise and Robert Ouellette appeared last week on the Montel Williams television talk show with Sylvia Browne, a psychic. Browne said Ouellette's killing will be solved within a year and two months.
"The pressure's still on," said Robert Ouellette, after information provided by Browne boosted his confidence in the murder investigation. "They're not letting up. I'm not going to give up either. I'm determined to get the S.O.B. who did it."
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To help cope with their daughter's death, the Oullettes have gone to a counselor. On Thursday, the anniversary of the slaying, nothing will ward off the memory of the day they learned of their loss.
"A year goes by and it doesn't ease the pain," Robert Ouellette said. "Not having her around. Not seeing her grow up. I know I won't have that opportunity to walk her down the aisle and see her have a family of her own."
