Maine mother of five killed in supermarket knife attack

SACO, Maine -- Saco police say a 59-year-old mother of five has died after a knife attack inside Shaw's Supermarket Wednesday afternoon.

According to CBS affiliate WGME, police say Wendy Boudreau of Saco was taken to Southern Maine Medical Center where she died.

Police arrested 31-year-old Connor MacCalister of Saco and charged her with murder, reports the station. Police say she attacked Boudreau with a knife near the ice cream freezers inside the market just before 3 p.m.

Officials say two local EMTs were in the store at the time of the attack and immediately started giving Boudreau medical assistance but she later died at the hospital.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday at the Maine State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta. The station reports that there is no indication that the women knew each other and police are still working on a motive.

Saco Police took MacCalister into custody at the store and she was interviewed by State Police detectives who informed her after 7 p.m. that she was being charged with murder, reports the station. MacCalister was then taken to the York County Jail.

Her first court appearance will likely be Thursday or Friday.

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