Woman convicted of manslaughter in killing of Canadian tourist wins Maine city council seat

In 2003, Walker, then going by her maiden name Angela Humphrey, and her brother, Benjamin Humphrey, both pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the July 2002 death of Canadian tourist Derek Rogers. According to the Bangor Daily News, Walker’s brother got into a fight with Rogers, 47, in Old Orchard Beach after the tourist allegedly called his sister a derogatory term for Native American women.

A fisherman later found Rogers’ body on a beach in the Ocean Park section of Old Orchard Beach. He had reportedly been severely beaten and suffocated with sand. Walker had initially claimed that it was her brother who had shoved sand in Rogers’ face, nose and mouth, but prosecutors later believed that it was Walker who did it. Walker was hit with a perjury charge to implicate Humphrey’s girlfriend at the time in the killing, however, prosecutors later determined she had not been at the scene.

Walker’s brother served five years in prison, while Walker, who also pleaded guilty to perjury for her role in the killing, served 10 years.

Walker is now the peer services coordinator for the Bangor Area Recovery Network and is in recovery for addiction. Speaking with the Bangor Daily News ahead of the election, she said, "I want people to see that it’s possible that we can change. I was lost for so many years. I think people really need to see the other side of that."

She said, "One of the big reasons that I want to run is because I feel like, with my lived experience and the work that I’ve done in a few different agencies in the area, that I can bring concerns of community members to City Council and hope for some change and be the voice for people that can’t speak up or don’t speak up."

Regarding her criminal record, Walker said, "That’s my past. I don’t live there anymore and I’m a different person."