After an investigation that started after the report of the death of 56-year-old Clifford Schanrock in Mountain Village on Wednesday morning, troopers report that they have made an arrest in the case.
At 7:55pm on Thursday, when his brother, Rex Iyatunguk, and his family did not arrive as scheduled from Nome, where they had left at 2 pm, Preston Dixon of Teller contacted the troopers in Nome to report them overdue.
Alaska State Troopers released the name of the Mountain Village man who was found dead in that village on Wednesday. Troopers identified the deceased man as 56-year-old Clifford Schanrock.
The Alaska State troopers have released the identity of the Quinhagak woman found off the trail near the end of the village's new runway. She has been identified as 25-year-old Lisa Johnson of Quinhagak.