Nearly a week prior, on Sept. 30, someone called Anchorage Policeclaiming to have "an SD card containing a video of a homicide," according to a press release from authorities. I said to his mother how cool he looked like a prizefighter about to enter the arena.". At 41, he was a bachelor. Her fiance was killed. 2023 BBC. Sarah Palin in 2007, admonished public defenders for specific professional failures in their handling of Walters case. Here, "it's more groups of people who know each other and engage in high-risk behavior together," he said. Early on Christmas Eve, James "Lucas" Moren became Anchorage homicide victimNo. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP) Author: The Associated Press Published: 10:58 PM EDT August 9, 2019 Updated: 3:40 AM EDT August 12, 2019 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP . 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. When a composite sketch of the man suspected in the death of TreyveonThompson was released, more than 190 people called in tips, McKinnon said. Smith remained in jail on Wednesday where he is being held on an outstanding warrant. But they are working to build a case meeting the evidence threshold that would allow for prosecution, Markiewicz said. "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. TODAY - Anna Kaplan 18h. Police did not say why the SD card was in the street, but they believe Smith recorded the images himself, according to the AP. It had 39 images and 12 videos that recorded the alleged crime. You're going to kill me!" When substance misuse and mental health problems are part of the dynamic, it heightens the risk, she said. The state of Alaskas criminal justice system is operating on the fringes, barely able to protect against the deprivation of fundamental rights, barely able to respond in a professionally responsible manner to Alaska (s) rising violent crime rates, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Michael A. MacDonald wrote in a blistering Aug. 30 decision, which has previously not been reported. It took 26 days after Merrian's disappearance for her to be reported as a missing person and for the search for her to start. For all the good the internet can do, it can be a very dark place, Bryan Schroder, the U.S. attorney in Alaska, said at a news conference Tuesday. Lucas Moren himself had cleaned up the bloody scene of the machete attack on his mother. This years Iditarod field is the smallest in history. According to Hansen, Eklutna Annie had been wearing blue jeans, a sweater, and a brown leather jacket. There has been some suggestion by family members out-of-state that he had recently showed signs of mental illness, McKinnon confirmed, but added, "I don't think we have any concrete evidence to support that.". After the death, the ship was diverted to the city of Juneau, in Alaska, and passengers were forced by investigators to remain on board for more than eight hours. An economic thing happening? 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. However, when Eklutna Annie realized he was not driving in the direction of his home, she first asked him to drive her back to Anchorage, before he unsuccessfully attempted to convince her he was driving her to another safe location, claiming he was driving a "little further", to which Eklutna Annie replied, "Well, I'm not!" Detectives recognized Brian Steven Smith from the graphic videos because Smith is involved in a separate ongoing investigation, said Anchorage Police Department spokesman MJ Thim. MacDonald serves as the presiding judge for the Fairbanks-based Fourth Judicial District. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Officials allege they destroyed some of Hoffmans clothing, purse and cellphone, and Brehmer texted Hoffmans family to let them know they dropped her off at Polar Bear Park in Anchorage. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. 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. Bill said that in her experience with the criminal justice system, cases involving white defendants and victims appear to be resolved more quickly than cases involving Alaska Natives. All rights reserved. She said he never exhibited any violent tendencies such as those she heard of from police. The Emerald Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, had departed from Seattle on Sunday for a week-long trip. [9] A box of Salem matches were found in a pocket of her jacket, indicating she may have been a smoker. CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED AFTER FORMER ROOMMATE FOUND DEAD, BLUDGEONED INSIDE WALL. He also allegedly told authorities that he and Brehmer discussed killing another person, but the plan was abandoned, and he admitted to blackmailing Brehmer into raping people. All rights reserved. On Sept. 30, police received a report from someone saying they had found an SD card containing several videos of an assault and murder. People were shot to death at a gas station, in a beloved park in the heart of the city, on a scenic beach where people go to look at the mountains. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. she said. This story was produced as part of a collaboration between Alaska Public Media and the Anchorage Daily News. The domestic violence-related cases range from amother accused of suffocating her infant daughter,to a man accused of fatally shootinghis son-in-law. Witnesses say she was travelling with her children. The man in the video speaks with a distinct accent, which led detectives to recall a separate case involving Smith, a South African immigrant living in Anchorage. 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. A district attorney has been selected to oversee the Bethel office and Skidmore said he is in talks with the North Slope Borough in hopes of funding the first Utqiagvik-based district attorney in several years. Making the decision to leave, to start the processes for divorce or anything like that, that definitely would escalate the situation and increase lethality for that victim, Pearson said. [2][4], Serial killer Robert Hansen admitted responsibility for Eklutna Annie's murder in 1984. Brian Steven Smith is shown being arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder at the Anchorage Jail courtroom Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Suzi Pearson, executive director for the Abused Womens Aid in Crisis shelter in Anchorage, said the decision to split up or leave a relationship can be a particularly dangerous time in the life of a woman experiencing domestic violence. "It depends on what we're looking at as far as danger," said McKinnon, speaking generally about citizen safety and homicides in 2016. In a separate federal investigation rising from the investigation, Schilmiller and Brehmer were indicted Tuesday on federal child pornography charges, including production and coercion and enticement of a minor. "James recognized the potential issue and has appropriate (sic) adjusted his behavior to make himself more inviting for others to seek help. According to police, the arrest came after someone reported finding a digital storage device containing video of the killing. Cellphone records trace Smith to having been at the place where the remains were found within minutes of when the last photo on the SD card was taken, police documents outline. Smith, 48, appeared in Anchorage Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon. Contact her at mtheriault@adn.com. In arguments included with MacDonalds order, public defenders described an agency at its breaking point, struggling to retain experienced attorneys and unable to compete for recruits against cities with a lower cost of living and comparable pay. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The memory card found along road shows an Anchorage man assaulting and killing woman. "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 disappeared without a trace. The caller later told officers the card a small memory card used in portable digital devices was discarded on the street at the corner of Fairbanks Street and 13th Avenue in Fairview, near the Gambell Carrs store. (Bill Roth / ADN). She was aged between 16 and 25 at the time of her death, and her body was discovered several months after her murder. Alaska Public Media 2022. The group met to decide how they would divvy up the money. Troopers: Wasilla woman killed, husband charged with her murder, 2023 Iditarod pre-race coverage and Ceremonial Start, Melissa Fry has the forecast for the Iditarod restart in Willow, Animal rights group PETA continues targeting Iditarod sponsors. Kyle Hopkins and Nat Herz, Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Public Media. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. MacDonald, who was appointed by then-Gov. But I feel that in the air.". The next year,that number nearly doubled, to 25. At one June hearing, shortly before she resigned, the public defender noted she was working a double case load. Public records show that he lives in a home in the Geneva Woods neighborhood, and a social media profile that appears to belong to him says he married an Anchorage woman in 2014. In at least two cases, a person believed to be breaking into a home was killed in what prosecutors determinedto be self-defense, and no charges were filed.The deaths ofLoren Douglas, 30, andAllen Raymond, 19, are still considered homicides by APD. Police continued to investigate and interviewed her two days later after Snapchat video appeared, in which she appeared to confess, the documents say. 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. The SD card, reportedly discovered lying in the street in an Anchorage neighborhood, was labeled homicide at midtown Marriott and contained graphic, time-stamped images and video recordings of a man beating and choking a naked woman, according to charging documents. "That's what's been fascinating.". Ian Bobich, 29, was found shot to death outside this Elm Street apartment building just before midnight Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, on Government Hill. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Clayton Andrew Charlie, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a groundskeeper at the Alaska Zoo, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. In 2016, some 34 people were killed by homicide in Anchorage. [4][7][n 1], Eklutna Annie's body was markedly decomposed, indicating her death had occurred months prior. Detectives knew almost immediately that something was wrong, that someones loved one was killed when they found her remains, he said. Last year, Steiner, who was then the agencys director, warned that his attorneys were at their limit and would have to start refusing to handle new cases without a $1 million boost to their $26 million budget. But a bail memorandum filed in the case . Federal authorities allege Brehmer produced sexually explicit videos involving a minor and sent them to Schilmiller. Nancy Furlow . Schauer shot Moren several times, police say, though they have not said why. Legal Statement. But they point out the majority of them were either involved in risky behavior or killed by someone they knew. Police had found Henrys remains on the side of a highway on Oct. 2. 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. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, 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. Last week, 23-year-old Darla Velador of Anchorage was stabbed to death. Thursday evening Live Doppler 13 forecast - Feb. 9, 2023. According to police, the arrest came. In an unusual order, an Alaska judge has declared a crisis in the states courts, saying that turnover among public defenders is delaying criminal trials and denying justice for victims and defendants alike. In 2011 and 2012, Ritchie was named to the President's List at Blue Mountain Community College in Weyers Cave, in western Virginia, according to school documents obtained by Alaska Dispatch News. The death on Tuesday night triggered a lockdown of the 3,400-passenger ship. 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. 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. An Alaskan murder mystery has been solved thanks to a SD card found laying in the street. [5][3], This unidentified decedent became known as Eklutna Annie due to the location in which her body was discovered. 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. An autopsy report concluded that she had been killed by a single stab wound to the back. He was returning to Anchorage, where he lives, Thim said. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. In the years since, he'd helped her live with lasting injuries. There were no immediate details aboutthe earlierinvestigation involving Smith. The callertold police the memory card was found layingin the middle of the street in the Fairview neighborhood of Anchorage. Anchorage police identified the second victim as Veronica Abouchuk. Officials said there was no indication Hoffman was sexually assaulted. Market data provided by Factset. Resources can be found by calling Alaska 211 or visiting the State of Alaskas website to find treatment options. The Associated Press contributed to this report. State lawmakers this year held the public defenders base budget effectively flat, though they included some $1.3 million, or a roughly 5 percent boost, in separate criminal justice legislation that was expected to generate more prosecutions. Pilot Project sites will implement initial response plans for tribal communities' response to new missing and murdered persons cases Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Alaska's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Pilot Project (Pilot Project) today. Such delays typically benefit defendants and make it harder for prosecutors to secure convictions, said Alaska Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore. Resources: If you are facing threatened or actual domestic violence, please discreetly call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or Abused Womens Aid in Crisis in Anchorage at 907-272-0100. Smith came to Alaska from South Africa about five years ago and became a naturalized U.S. citizen last month, according to the bail memo. Contact her at mtheriault@adn.com. Smith is charged with first-degree murder. All the white people are getting done first while the Natives get pushed to the back burner, Bill wrote in a Facebook message, when asked about the case. While the agencys inflation-adjusted spending has doubled in the past 30 years, its felony caseload has tripled, it says. This years Iditarod field is the smallest in history. During an arraignment at Anchorage Jail Court Wednesday, a judge set Smiths bail at $750,0000 cash and appointed a public defender to represent him. After troopers arrived, Doubek was given first aid and taken to a hospital. Smith appeared in court Wednesday, where a judge said he'd be appointed a public defender. Authorities were expected to announce charges on the case on Thursday. Skidmore said the number of prosecutors is rebounding following a reduction years earlier and now includes more than 120 attorneys. He also told them hehad shot another woman and revealed where he dumped her body. All rights reserved. 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. According to the affidavit, Doubek, who had reportedly struggled with substance abuse, had been growing increasingly paranoid that his wife was having an affair, and because of his behavior, Gardner had considered divorcing him. According to court documents, Denali Brehmer, 18, confessed to killing Cynthia Hoffman on June 2 at the . She had hit the wall, an acting supervisor later told the judge. In response, he chased after her, grabbed her by the hair and tripped her to the ground. Police and a crime scene investigation unit spent much of Tuesday afternoon and evening at the home where Smith lived with his wife, hauling away a black pickup, neighbors said. "What we're seeing is that when we ask the community for assistance, they really respond to us," he said. July 27, 2017 / 10:16 AM / CBS News A suspect is in custody Thursday morning after a woman was found dead on a cruise ship in Alaska. A handwritten note laid on a nearby bench with the words Shes havin an affair proof is in the phone. 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. [9][12] She stood between 4 ft 11 in and 5 ft 3 in, and her hair color ranged from light brown to strawberry-blond. She is the only victim of Robert Hansen to remain unidentified. ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A Utah couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary aboard an Alaska cruise when the husband was found covered in blood next to his wife's lifeless body, a frenzy of . (In addition to the 75 criminal attorneys, about 25 more work on appeals and childrens cases.) LOUISIANA MAN ARRESTED IN 1989 MURDER CASE: POLICE. James Dale Ritchie was a senior at East High School in 1994. Police point at recent hiring of new officers as an effort to make the city safer. APDsays when Moren left the Gaslight Lounge later that night,he was followedby Roy Schauer, 46. 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. A Wasilla woman was shot four times at home Sunday night and her husband is charged with her murder, according to Alaska State Troopers. (Anchorage, AK) - On April 22, 2021, thirty-one year-old Randall Igou was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth for Murder in the First Degree. Police recognized the man in the videos as Brian Smith, an immigrant from South Africa police knew of from a previous investigation," according to the affidavit. The show Very Scary People profiled Robert Hansen in "The Butcher Baker". At the sentencing hearing, the State presented video . The victim was Robert Pfeil, a 55-year-old senior pilot for Alaska Airlines, who was shot from another car as he drove from work on Oct. 12, 1985. His wife is not implicated in the slaying. "In the fog and the white light, I saw him walking down the alley," Marcy said. 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. Months before the alleged hit . The woman, who has not yet been identified, is described as having long dark hair and possibly being Alaska Native. The remarks by the veteran judge came in a 37-page order to delay the murder trial of Alexie Walters, a man accused of beating his girlfriend, Gertrude Queenie, to death in 2017 in Mountain Village, on the Yukon River in Southwest Alaska. Around 2010, he left Alaska and spent time in Las Vegas before moving to Virginia, where his parents now live. Overwhelmingly, people were killed with guns: Gunfire was involved in all but four of the year's homicides. On Wednesday,. "She sounded pretty desperate, but the crew came up as quickly as they could", he said, adding that the incident occurred on the 9th floor of the 19-deck ship. An Indiana man is accused of " catfishing " an Alaska teenager and convincing her to murder her supposed best friend for $9 million with the help of four others. [16], Hansen was sentenced to 461 years in prison without the possibility of parole for her murder and three others. In the Lower 48, gangs are more organized and act as outside-the-law businesses, pushing drugs and weapons in defined territories. or redistributed. Mar 6th 600p DARLA Recently retired newly weds embark on their third tropical cruise in less than year. Some people have speculated gangs are to blame for the bloodshed. 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. An earlier version of the chart in this story incorrectly stated that it included fatal officer-involved shootings and justifiable homicides. All rights reserved. The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares, from the US state of Utah. Thats going to escalate things tremendously because when were talking about misuse of substances, that inhibition is gone. APD asked morning commuters to avoid the area. ThatFriday, she dropped him off for an evening out downtown. The Alaska teens are being represented by the public defenders office, which has a policy of not commenting on cases. They are unwilling to share details of crimes in which charges have not been filed. It did not include those deaths. 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. He has since been released, now in the custody of authorities, and is charged with first- and second-degree murder. Many questions remain unanswered Wednesday, including the identity of the woman. 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.

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