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Steven Downs Sentenced for 1993 Murder and Sexual Assault of Sophie Sergie

By Alaska Native News on Sep 27, 2022 Featured, General News, Interior Alaska

On Monday, Maine resident Steven Downs was sentenced in Fairbanks court for the murder and sexual assault of Sophie Sergie. He was sentenced to 67 years on the murder conviction and an additional eight year for the sexual assault conviction. It was in February of this year that Downs was convicted on the charges. The […]

Fairbanks Jury Finds Downs Guilty of 1993 Murder, Sexual Assault

By Alaska Department of Law on Feb 11, 2022 Featured, General News, Interior Alaska

(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks jury Thursday convicted a Maine man for killing and sexually assaulting 20-year-old Sophie Sergie in a dormitory on the University of Alaska at Fairbanks campus in April 1993. Jurors deliberated for three days before finding Steven Downs, 47, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Sexual Assault. Downs is being […]