[sic] A manwith some sort of English accent can be heard in the video as well. Smith, 48, appeared in Anchorage Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon. At the scene, troopers found the door handle to Gardners bedroom door had been broken off, with damage marks matching the blade of a broken maul found nearby. There wasSelena Mullenax, a young mother studying for her GEDfound shotin a public park on a winter morning. ' said APD communications director MJ Thim. On that day, close to midnight, 48-year-old Charles Doubek called 911 and told dispatchers his wife had been shot, according to a version of events relayed in an affidavit by Alaska State Trooper investigator Jason Fieser. Other witnesses described seeing a bloody man threatening to jump off the ship. A man accused of killing a woman and recording it on an SD card later found in the street has been indicted in the murder of a second woman in Alaska, authorities announced Thursday. Police were able to identify Smith, a native of South Africa, from the video after recognizing him from a separate, unspecified investigation, in part because of his accent. Clark asked that he be appointed a public defender and set his bail at $500,000 cash appearance bond and a $250,000 cash performance bond. A separate 1998 audit done for the Alaska Legislature said the states public defenders can ethically handle no more than 59 cases in a 60-hour work week; by that standard, Steiner said at the March hearing, his agency needed 66 more lawyers to fulfill its constitutional obligations. More than three dozenimages and 12 videos were stored on the card, according to the charging documents. According to the affidavit, the couple had separate bedrooms. She was aged between 16 and 25 at the time of her death, and her body was discovered several months after her murder. Rodgers went on to kill another man in Anchorage and shoot two others who survived before his 26-hour rampage ended. When they were able to determine that this was an actual crime, then the investigation started to quickly speed up.. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Content Warning: This article contains information that might be difficult for some readers. The organization had previously released a digital reconstruction, and a clay bust of Eklutna Annie had also been created in the past. A man has been arrested in connection to the murder of a woman aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska, police say, in what has been described as a "domestic disturbance". "She championed any child. Authorities who have reviewed the videos and photos said they remembered Smith from another investigationand found he was registered in early September to a room at a local hotel that has carpet that matches the one seen in the footage. The Newman Family Murders. Who brutally assaulted and killed Nancy Or are people just angrier?" [14], In 1984, Robert Hansen admitted that he was responsible for the victim's death. Delay is always the friend of the defense because it makes it harder for prosecutors to put on their case.. He had then stabbed her once in the back with a black-handled Buck knife as she lay face-down. He then attempted to placate her, before pulling a gun, saying: "You do exactly as I say and you won't get hurt. Schilmiller offered Brehmer nine or more million dollars to carry out the murder and to have photographs and/or videos of the murder sent to him, the documents say. According to the charges, his mother called to report the attack and Walters fired a shotgun when two Village Police Officers attempted to approach him. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. But they point out the majority of them were either involved in risky behavior or killed by someone they knew. A man charged with murder is accused of fatally stabbing his 23-year-old daughter Friday in Anchorage's Fairview neighborhood. Reporter Jeff Parrott contributed to this story. Authorities who reviewed the SD cards contents said they remembered Smith from another investigation and found he was registered in early September to a room at a local hotel which had the same carpet pattern as the one in the video. Last week, 23-year-old Darla Velador of Anchorage was stabbed to death. The district covers an enormous and geographically diverse swath of Alaska, from the woodsy Alaska-Canada border in the Interior to the Bering Sea coast. An ongoing Daily News and ProPublica investigation has found that one in three Alaska communities has no local law enforcement of any kind. Alaska copscharged an Anchorage man with murderTuesday after shocking videos found on a mysterious memory card allegedly capturedthe suspectassaulting and killing a woman whose remains were recently discoverednear a highway. Little is known about Smith, the man charged. MacDonald, who was appointed by then-Gov. The Associated Press contributed to this report. The Emerald Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, had departed from Seattle on Sunday for a week-long trip. "Because of his knowledge other students identify him as a potential source of aid but may have been intimidated by his high level of self confidence," the letter said. At the sentencing hearing, the State presented video . [2][4], Serial killer Robert Hansen admitted responsibility for Eklutna Annie's murder in 1984. About three weeks before Hoffman was killed, Brehmer and Schilmiller began discussing a plan to rape and murder someone in Alaska, according to court documents. Alaska cops charged an Anchorage man with murder Tuesday after shocking videos found on a mysterious memory card allegedly captured the suspect assaulting and killing a woman whose remains. He does not look like the young man he portrayed himself to look like, he is not a millionaire and he lives in Indiana, court documents say. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Seven Cold Case Task Force offices across the nation, dedicated to solving cold cases involving missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, are opening in the next few weeks, one expected to open in Anchorage. Tracy Hansen and her dog, Gunner, were walking on the sidewalk in Anchorage, Alaska, when she was suddenly knocked to the ground, she told NBC . Brehmer and McIntosh used Leylands pickup on June 2 to take Hoffman on a hike at Thunderbird Falls, a popular location about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Anchorage. She championed any child she met that needed a second chance for success, her obituary said. Zaz Hollander is a veteran journalist based in the Mat-Su and is currently an ADN local news editor and reporter. It's not that clear-cut, said McKinnon. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). shut down anelementary school and a middle school, don't attribute 2016's increase in homicides to any one cause, mother accused of suffocating her infant daughter, killed in a downtown shootout with police, Here are the most-read Alaska Dispatch News stories of 2016. "Is it a greater population? An Alaska resident found a stray SD card lying on the street in late September and discovered gruesome content inside: images and video of a woman appearing to be assaulted and murdered. After Mr. Mackay and the pilot's sister, Muriel . 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. But I feel that in the air.". He had started Friday night with two of the people closest to him: family friend Ronda Marcy and his mother, Elann "Lennie" Moren. Anchorage police say 8-month-old baby found safe; father arrested on Marcy keeps running over the questions in her mind: Why is this happening in Anchorage? The Anchorage office is expected to open on August 27. APD asked morning commuters to avoid the area. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska teens hoping to cash in on a $9 million offer from a Midwest millionaire brutally killed a developmentally disabled woman on a popular trail outside Anchorage, shooting her in the back of the head and dumping her body in a river, authorities allege. The millionaire's only demand for the payout was either . "We are working on the Ship Creek case still and the Valley of the Moon Park," said Markiewicz. Mike Dunleavy named Steiners replacement Tuesday: Samantha Cherot of Anchorage, who has worked both as a public defender and a private criminal defense and family attorney. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Anchorage police say 8-month-old baby found safe; father arrested on If you are considering suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or Stop Suicide Alaska at 1-877-266-HELP. Thim said the arrest hinged on two aspects of the investigation: the citizen who chose to call police when they found that card, and the coordination between law enforcement agencies handling the separate cases of the videos and the body. An earlier version of the chart in this story incorrectly stated that it included fatal officer-involved shootings and justifiable homicides. Hoffman, 19, died from a gunshot wound to the. Legal Statement. Each of the three men died from gunshot wounds. ANCHORAGE, Alaska A woman pleaded guilty to murder after an Indiana man allegedly offered her $9 million to "rape and murder someone in Alaska." According to the Alaska Department of Law, 22-year-old Denali Brehmer admitting to killing 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman on June 29, 2019, near Thunderbird Falls in Chugiak, Alaska. At one June hearing, shortly before she resigned, the public defender noted she was working a double case load. Among those charged is Darin Schilmiller, whom authorities say presented himself as the millionaire Tyler from Kansas, using a fake photograph. Our salaries up here used to be the draw, an attorney for the agency said. In 2016, some 34 people were killed by homicide in Anchorage. Time stamps on the images at the hotel showed they were taken in the early hours of Sept. 4, the affidavit said. All rights reserved. The public defender representing Walters was juggling 200 cases and resigned due to mental exhaustion a week before the trial was to begin in July, according to the order. All rights reserved. Ian Bobich, 29, was found shot to death outside this Elm Street apartment building just before midnight Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, on Government Hill. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The year'shomicides include at least seven domestic violence killings, where the victim is believed to have beenslain by an intimate partner or someone in their immediate family. We still dont know who she is and we dont know much about her," said Thim. ThatFriday, she dropped him off for an evening out downtown. She has not been identified. It's unclear who the woman is, but authorities are working to identify her and determine how she died. Then, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the womans body was found along Turnagain Arm, near the Rainbow trailhead. Police are careful not to blame victims of violent crimes. On Thursday, a grand jury indicted Smith onmurder and evidence tampering charges in Abouchuk's death. MacDonald declined to be interviewed, saying that Walters case is still open. Read about our approach to external linking. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). But detectives had gotten video of the homicide days prior to finding the victims body, police said. or redistributed. Hansen specifically stated she was his first murder victim. Brehmer ultimately admitted to being solicited by Schilmiller to commit the murder and that the murder was planned once she realized she had been catfished by Schilmiller, the documents say. 1 language. Anchorage police think the human remains belong to the woman seen on the memory card, and the medical examiner is working to confirm the connection and the cause of death. She was aged between 16 and 25 at the time of her death, and her body was discovered several months after her murder. Michelle Theriault Boots is a reporter who covers news and features about life in Alaska, and has been focusing on corrections and psychiatric care issues in the state. "In the fog and the white light, I saw him walking down the alley," Marcy said. (In addition to the 75 criminal attorneys, about 25 more work on appeals and childrens cases.) 2022 Anchorage Daily News. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Alaska Public Media 2022. "[13], According to Hansen, he then drove in the direction of Eklutna Lake, with his vehicle eventually becoming stuck on a desolate road as he veered in the direction of a "muddy swamp". Fiesers account supports a complaint filed by prosecutors charging Doubek with the murder of his wife, 54-year-old Marjorie Gardner. He also told officials Brehmer communicated with him throughout the murder, and sent Snapchat photographs and videos of Hoffman while bound and then after the murder. Advocate for missing and murdered women, reflecting on the ongoing efforts to identify Eklutna Annie[18], Eklutna Annie remains unidentified. MacDonald denied the request, saying his findings are not an indictment of the Alaska Public Defender Agency nor its attorneys. Anchorage police identified the second victim as Veronica Abouchuk. Legal Statement. In September, the death of a man in the middle of a busy intersectionshut down anelementary school and a middle schoolwhile police investigated the killing. The State Medical Examiner Office is working to confirm her identity and manner of death. According to the Violence Policy Center, Alaska ranked number one in murder of women by men in incidents where there were one victim and one offender from 2014 through 2018. Throughout 2016, Ritchie murdered upwards of five individuals in and around Anchorage, Alaska, most of whom were in parks or along bike paths. Police did not say why the SD card was in the street, but they believe Smith recorded the images himself, according to the AP. The final images on the card show the womans body face down in the bed of a pickup, and were time-stamped Sept. 6. In 2017, the year Queenie was killed, the rate of women killed by men in Alaska was three times the national average and the highest in the United States, according to the Violence Policy Center. MacDonalds order and decision are part of the ongoing effort to hold a criminal trial in Fairbanks for Walters, who was 34 when troopers arrested him Oct. 5, 2017, in Mountain Village on charges of murder, assault and evidence tampering. I'll stand behind him, beside him, while he's going through this," Bissland added. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Anchorage Police investigate the scene where human remains we found at mile 108 of the Seward Highway near Rainbow on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Published: Jul. She had hit the wall, an acting supervisor later told the judge. Detectives saythey have a "good understanding" of what happened and who was involved in each of those cases. Some people have speculated gangs are to blame for the bloodshed. Mystery over woman's murder on Alaska cruise ship - BBC News The majority of victims were killed by someone they knew. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The Iditarod, the world's most famous sled dog race, starts Saturday with a fan-friendly ceremonial run through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. "Clearance" means police have either made an arrest, prosecutors have declined to file charges due to self-defense or some other reason, or the suspect died. she said. Last Monday, Sept. 30, a woman called police dispatch to report that shed found an SD card containing a video of a homicide on the ground, police said. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. An affidavit filed with the criminal complaint against him details a strange chain of events that led police to a trove of gruesome videos and photos. All but one of the victims in those cases were female. [1], Last edited on 18 February 2023, at 21:52, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, "Eklutna Annie: Put The Focus Back on Me! LOUISIANA MAN ARRESTED IN 1989 MURDER CASE: POLICE. ", "DNA Match IDs Alaska Serial Killer's Victim After 37 Years", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14666142/?ref_=ttep_ep3, https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/09/22/do-you-know-this-woman/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Eklutna_Annie&oldid=1140185336, Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska. He told Anchorage District Court Judge Brian Clark that he had about $2,000 in total saved. Putting names to archive photos, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, In photos: India's disappearing single-screen cinemas. (Loren Holmes / ADN). Investigators believe the remains along the highway belonged to the woman killed in the videos and they believe Smith killed her in early Septemberand recorded the photos and videos himself. Ritchie grew up in Anchorage and was a standout athlete at East High School in the mid-1990s before involvement in drugs led to a felony record that derailed his life. Months before the alleged hit . All rights reserved. But a bail memorandum filed in the case . The images showed a naked woman being beaten on the floor of a hotel room, according to the affidavit. (Google). [5][3], This unidentified decedent became known as Eklutna Annie due to the location in which her body was discovered. Copyright 2021 KTUU. Kristy Manzanares had been travelling with a large group, including her children, according to witnesses. A woman in Alaska was walking her dog when a moose charged her from behind and kicked her in the head, according to shocking video captured by a bystander. More officers on the streets as with arecently addeddowntown foot patrol,members of which made an arrest in Moren's murder onChristmas Eve make streets safer. Ritchie was killed during a shootout with police officers in downtown Anchorage on November 12, 2016. Thursday evening Live Doppler 13 forecast - Feb. 9, 2023. Nancy Furlow . McKinnon said police are still trying to piece together what Ritchie did on a daily basis during the months he is believed to have been back in Anchorage. But APD isnot ready to close the cases. As of Oct. 9, police said they were still working with the state medical examiner to determine her identity and contact her next of kin. In January 2013, an associate professor wrote a letter of recommendation for Ritchie, who was apparently applying for an internship. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Anchorage police: Homicide video victim - Alaska Public Media In court Wednesday, Smith appeared in handcuffs, wearing a yellow jail jumpsuit. Detectives knew almost immediately that something was wrong, that someones loved one was killed when they found her remains, he said. Witnesses say she was travelling with her children. Alaska Public Media 2022. In June, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr declared a public safety emergency in the state, announcing $10.5 million in funding for village police, equipment and public safety buildings. Nine months and a long Arctic winter have come and gone since the abduction, sexual assault and murder of 10-year-old Ashley Johnson-Barr in the northwest Alaska hub community of Kotzebue.. Signs . The card was also labeled homicide at midtown Mariott. Lucas Moren himself had cleaned up the bloody scene of the machete attack on his mother. A 48-year-old Anchorage man was charged with murder after someone found a digital card containing dozens of videos and photos that authorities say show him beating and killing a woman in a. ", Autumn Smith. "They are engaging in this behavior where maybe a mature person would say, 'I'd never do that,' but to the people involved this is real stuff to them disrespect. Anthoney and his girlfriend moved to Anchorage from Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1985 when authorities in Idaho accused him of raping and brutally beating a twelve-year-old girl at a campground near Twin Falls. Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com, Timothy Hoffman, right, father of slain teenager Cynthia Hoffman receives support from Edie Grunwald, left, who's son David Grunwald was murdered in Nov. 2016, as they entered a Superior courtroom for the arraignment of Cynthia's murder suspects in the Nesbett Courthouse on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska. And they say despite the number of killings, suspects are at large in very few of the cases. Smith had registered a room at the TownePlace Suites by Marriott the night the video was taken, according to the affidavit. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Detectives arrested Smith at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to APD. According to the bail memo, Alaska State Troopers earlier this year recovered a skull with a gunshot wound in an area near the location Smith later provided. Its just really incredibly disheartening, Pearson said. Theres a new fight over Bering Sea black cod. "No More Silence": Her Kidnapping, Sexual Assault and Murder Stunned a Alaska teens charged in 'murder for millions' slaying | AP News On Christmas Day, the people who loved Lucas Moren gathered in the alley behind the Gaslight. He also told them hehad shot another woman and revealed where he dumped her body. In a lot of ways I think it is generational," McKinnon said. Prosecutors: Anchorage cold case murder started with gunfire, ended in Do you know this baby? They were all going to spend Christmas together the next day. One man, James Dale Ritchie, is the prime suspect in five deaths. Warming water may be to blame. The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares, from the US state of Utah. The woman attempted to fight back, the affidavit said. Cynthia Hoffman. Thim said Smith was subsequently connected to the remains discovered on the highway through hotel records and cell-phone data. The killings happened in nearly every corner of Anchorage: from an Eagle River apartment complex toa normally quietsouth-sidesubdivision. Gardner slept upstairs. According to Hansen, he persuaded Eklutna Annie to help him winch his pickup free from the mud, although when he began to drive his vehicle free, Eklutna Annie attempted to run.

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