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Massachusetts man charged with murder in death of Maine woman

Jason Servil (Somerset County Jail)

SKOWHEGAN, Maine — A Massachusetts man has been charged with the murder of a Maine woman.

Jason Servil, 19, was arrested in connection with the death of 20-year-old Alice Abbott, of Skowhegan.

Maine State Police say a man from Madison, Maine reported an assault on Canaan Road around 5:39 a.m. Saturday. That man had been staying with Abbott at her parents’ house and was found with a head injury, according to police.

He was taken to Reddington-Fairview General Hospital, where he was treated and released. Arriving officers also found Abbott dead on the property.

Servil, an acquaintance of Abbott’s, was arrested around 3:20 p.m. that afternoon and charged with murder, Maine State Police say.

Police are working to determine where Servil is from in Massachusetts.

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