BRATTLEBORO — A 25-year-old Brattleboro man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on a 2nd-degree murder charge involving this month’s death of a fellow resident.
The Windham County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Matthew Dulmaine Friday in the case of Timothy Barbour, a 59-year-old Brattleboro man found dead Aug. 2 near the base of this town’s Harris Hill Ski Jump.
The Brattleboro Police Department arrested Dulmaine some two weeks after discovering Barbour’s body — which had wounds from what police called “blunt” and “sharp cutting” instruments — near a trail frequented year-round by walkers and hikers.
In a court affidavit, Detective Sgt. Greg Eaton said Dulmaine had been living in his car in the ski jump’s parking lot since recently losing his local apartment.
After finding Barbour’s body, police stopped Dulmaine the next day as he was driving through town, the affidavit said.
“Several reddish-brown stains can be seen inside the vehicle,” Eaton wrote of the encounter.
The Vermont Forensic Laboratory went on to determine that DNA on the driver seat and a baseball bat and glove inside Dulmaine’s car matched Barbour’s, the affidavit said.
Dulmaine is a 2017 graduate of Brattleboro Union High School and went on to study at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, according to education records.
Barbour was described in a recent Brattleboro Reformer story as someone who sparked local headlines in 2021 for a substance use disorder but was most remembered by family and friends for being “a fabulous uncle.”
