Washington, DC — Alaska ranked first in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men, with a rate of 3.40 per 100,000, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data. This is the third year in a row that Alaska has ranked first for […]
After an investigation that spanned nearly a year and a half, the second person wanted in the April 7th, 2017 homicide of 17-year-old Leroy Lawrence, who was shot and killed in the Peterkin/Irwin area in Mountain View, has been arrested in Israel, the U.S. Marshal’s Service announced. According to the report, 20-year-old Haitim Mahir Taha was taken […]
On Thursday, Alaska State Troopers arrested a Willow man awaiting his murder trial on Violating his conditions of release, troopers revealed on the trooper dispatch. Troopers arrested 37-year-old Justin Brunsvold after it was found that he was contacting witnesses in his murder trial that is scheduled for a trial status hearing on October 5th. AST arrested Brunsvold […]
Alaska State Troopers has announced that the death of Hattie Labuff-Kilgo of Willow, who was found deceased three miles from her vehicle on Peterville Road is now a homicide investigation. After receiving the results of the autopsy performed by the State Medical Examiner’s office where they found that Labuff-Kilgo had died as the result of blunt-force and […]