GARDINER, Maine – Around 4:45 Thursday afternoon, Maine State Police stopped a vehicle on Timberwood Drive in Gardiner. The car was pulled over after State Police received a report of erratic operation on Interstate 295 a short time earlier.
The operator, a man identified as 34-year-old Gyrth Rutan, immediately got of the vehicle and shot himself resulting in his death. While conducting the investigation a body was located in the trunk.
A team of State Police detectives are investigating the incident and the bodies were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta for autopsies and examination.
Police say the woman’s death did not take place in the state of Maine.
The investigation is ongoing and police say there is no ongoing threat to the public.
