UPDATE: A criminal complaint filed by the state in Knox County Court July 15 against a man accused of hindering apprehension and abuse of a corpse identifies the man killed in Cushing as Kyle MacDougall.

The age and residence of the victim were not listed in the court document.

Mark Gagne, 41, of Cushing, made his initial appearance in court Monday afternoon via Zoom where Justice Jeffrey Hjelm set his bail at $100,000 cash.

The first count of the criminal complaint, hindering apprehension, includes that “on or about July 12 in Cushing Gagne with the intent to hinder, prevent or delay the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the person who caused the death of Kyle MacDougall for the commission of a crime.”

The second count of the criminal complaint, abuse of a corpse, states that “Gagne did intentionally disinter, dig up, remove, conceal, mutilate or destroy a human corpse or any part of the ashes there of.”

The affidavit in the case has been sealed at the request of the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

Gagne is scheduled to appear in court again on Sept. 5. 

KNOX COUNTY — As of Monday morning, July 15, 2024, the affidavit in the case against Mark Gagne, 41, of Cushing, has been sealed and is unavailable to reporters. 

Gagne was arrested Friday, July 12, 2024 in the process of an ongoing death investigation in Cushing being conducted by The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central. Detectives and Evidence Response Technicians were at 834 River Road on Friday, July 12, 2024, and Saturday, July 13, 2024, conducting interviews and processing the scene. 

The deceased was transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta where an autopsy will be performed to determine manner and cause of death and positively identify the victim. 

Gagne was charged with Hindering Apprehension and Abuse of a Corpse, transported to the Knox County Jail. He is expected to make his first court appearance Monday, July 15, 2024. 

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is assisting. The investigation is ongoing. Additional information will be released when it’s appropriate to do so, according to Public Information Officer Shannon Moss, in a news release.