A Wiscasset District Court judge Jan. 11 dismissed a protection order complaint at the request of the woman who filed it – the mother of an Edgecomb 3-year-old whose death has been ruled a homicide. The mother’s complaint was against her former companion. On Dec. 27, the plaintiff received a protection order for herself and two older children. No reason was given in court for the request to dismiss the complaint.

On Christmas morning, Maine State Police and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 911 emergency call on Route 1 in Edgecomb that a child was not breathing. The child was later pronounced dead. Detectives are continuing to investigate the death, according to Maine Department of Public Safety. 

Later in district court, the judge ruled on another protection order in a related matter. The father of the 3-year-old’s siblings previously filed a protection order against the child’s mother. Lawyers for the plaintiff and defendant agreed to extend the temporary protection order until July 12.