1/28/05 Rockland, ME – Employee Kills Business Owner After She Tries to Break Up With Him

Douglas Dyer, 31, shot and killed 30-year-old Allison Small after she tried to end an affair with him. She and her husband ran a small transportation company where Dyer worked as a part-time trucker. Her husband dropped her off at their business around noon so that she could meet with Dyer, allegedly to end the relationship. However, when her husband came back about 45 minutes later, he saw her running from the assailant wounded from the shooting. Dyer then shot at the husband who escaped without injury. Dyer then fled only to turn himself in several hours later. The police had be called to the business a few days earlier but it is unknown for the cause.