A U.S. Appeals Court is ordering a federal judge in Bangor to reconsider whether the rights of a woman from Benedicta were violated when state police contacted her ex-boyfriend.She claims that phone call set off Anthony Lord, sparking a violent rampage.

Lord is accused of shooting five people in two counties in 2015.

22-year-old Kyle Hewitt of Caribou and 59-year-old Kevin Tozier of Lee died.

Brittany Irish sued state police a few months later, saying they failed to protect her and created a dangerous situation.

Irish told the media after the rampage Lord strangled her, tied her up and raped her.

She says Lord told her not to call police but she did and asked them not to notify Lord, for fear of retaliation.

But Irish says police left a voicemail for him.

That’s when Lord’s accused of breaking into her parents’ home, killing her boyfriend and kidnapping her.

A district court judge dismissed the lawsuit last fall.

The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturned that decision, saying more information is needed before a ruling can be made.

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