City man's dispensing drugs death resulting trial expected to wrap up Thursday

Left Richard Trueman (police mugshot) and Keenan Skillin (Facebook)

DOVER - Closing arguments are expected on Thursday in the trial of a Rochester man accused of dispensing a deadly dose of fentanyl to a Somersworth man in 2020.
Richard Trueman, 41, formerly of 31 Winter St., Rochester, is charged with dispensing drugs resulting in death, a special felony that carries up to a life sentence.
According to the indictment, Keenan Skillin, 38, died as a result of ingesting the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which was "knowing dispensed" to him by Trueman on Sept. 29, 2020.
The trial began on Monday and was expected to go seven days, but Assistant County Attorney Charles Vincent DeJoie III said today closing arguments could come as early as Thursday morning.
Trueman is also facing a second life sentence after a more recent charge of dispensing drugs death resulting in the death of Kayla Hartford, 27, of Rochester, who died on March 4, 2022, as a result of ingesting (fentanyl) given to her by Trueman, according to the indictment handed down by a Strafford County grand jury last August.
His trial under way right now is in connection with Skillin's death.
According to Skillin's Facebook page, he was married and had worked as a machine operator at Rand-Whitney.
Trueman has been arrested by Rochester Police some 50 times since 2001.
He is currently being held at Strafford County Jail, jail personnel said today.