It was all smiles, handing out donuts and Jacqueline Bevins was all smiles, handing out donuts

and chatting with the construction crew as they arrived on site for the day.

Renovations were underway at the property she and her husband had recently

purchased. It was a new entrepreneurial endeavor for the always enterprising Jack and Jackie Bevans.

The quaint Oceanside village of a Gunket, Maine, knew Jackie Bevans best for her famous restaurant

on Perkins Cove. She served on boards and

with the Chamber of Commerce and she was appreciated for her generous nature, a real

figure in the York County community.

Jack Bevin's too was well known about town, though he wasn't around as much,

always traveling for work and other activities.

Together they made quite the pair, but it was anything but a happy marriage between Jack and Jack and Jackie.

Just hours after the final breakfast pastry was handed out at the construction site,

an anonymous phone call came into the York Police Station.

Something bad had happened at the Bevens House.

This case will challenge you.

It will raise questions in your mind about consequence and justice, and what happens

when an individual decides or maybe is forced to take those things into their own hands.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the Jack and Jackie Bevin's case part one

on Dark Down East.

This two-part series contains discussion of domestic abuse and violence.

Please listen with care. John W Bevans, Bevans, called Jack, was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 19, 1942 to his parents Fred and Evelyn Bevins.

He grew up in the Newton area, graduating from Newton High School, and then went on to study

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