Police say 31-year-old Connor MacCalister of Saco fatally stabbed 59- year-old Wendy Boudreau at the freezer section of the Shaw’s Wednesday afternoon. Police say there was no indication that the two women knew each other.
MacCalister was charged with murder and taken to York County Jail, and is scheduled to appear today at 1 p.m. at York County Superior Court in Alfred.
Boudreau was a mother, and also a grandmother. Her husband, Jeff, owns Boudreau Construction and Boudreau was wellknown in the community.
“It’s a shock to the whole neighborhood. I really feel for the family,” said Annette Lavalle, talking Thursday on the quiet dead-end street where the Boudreau family lived. Lavalle said her children grew up with Wendy Boudreau’s. “She was a really nice woman.”
Thornton Academy Headmaster Rene Menard said in an email that Boudreau was a former employee at Thornton, a former member of the Alumni Association Board, and an active volunteer at the school. The Thornton community was “shocked and saddened” to learn about Boudreau’s death, said Menard.
“Her enthusiasm and support for TA will be greatly missed,” he said. “She was a wonderful person and our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.”
State Senator Linda Valentino, D–Saco, said she graduated from Thornton Academy the same year as Wendy and Jeff Boudreau and had known Wendy Boudreau since elementary school.
“She was an absolutely wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She devoted herself to her family,” said Valentino. “She was a great person.”
Boudreau attended all her children’s sporting events and activities, was extremely involved in the TA Alumni Association, and an active community member and volunteer.
“It’s tragic, absolutely tragic,” said Valentino.
— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 325 or egotthelf@journaltribune.com.
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