NOME, Alaska – Chief of Police Michael Heintzelman and Deputy Chief of Police Robert Pruckner announced an update Tuesday in the Nome Police Department’s investigation into the disappearance of Florence Okpealuk. To date, the following law enforcement actions, investigative activities, and search efforts have taken place since Ms. Okplealuk was first reported missing: • […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Monday that the remains of a man who disappeared while out rafting over the weekend was located and recovered by the United States Coast Guard on Sunday 3.4 miles outside of Whittier. The search for the rafter, identified as 61-year-old Eric Opland, was initiated after the Alaska Rescue Coordination […]
Nome police announced on Sunday that a vehicle and its driver who they sought for information they may have in connection with the disappearance of Florence Okpealuk, age 33, has been located. Okpealuk has been missing since August 31. She was last seen on West Beach that day. She is described as standing 5’2″ […]
A large contingent of Anchorage police converged on the Boot-Leggers Cove area and the downtown area surrounding it on Tuesday after receiving information that a suspect with several warrants who is considered dangerous was in the vicinity. While there were no road closures as the search for 19-year-old Tyler Smith was carried out, APD […]