On Friday the Department of Public Safety announced the recovery of another victim’s remains from the deadly Wasilla landslide. According to the report, at 4:25 pm on Thursday, Wrangell Search and Rescue volunteers and an excavator were able to recover the remains of 65-year-old Otto Florschutz after a Wrangell Search and Rescue K9 detected the […]
On Sunday the Department of Public Safety announced that on Saturday the remains of a fourth victim of Wrangell’s horrific landslide had been recovered from the debris of the slide at mile 11 of the Zimovia Highway. At 6:35 pm on Saturday evening, a Scent Detection K-9 indicated the location of remains in an area […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Friday Governor Mike Dunleavy met with residents and community leaders in Wrangell following Monday night’s fatal landslide. Earlier Friday the Department of Public Safety identified three Alaskans who remained missing: 65-year-old Otto Florschutz, 12-year-old Derek Heller, and 11-year-old Kara Heller. Three Alaskans located deceased during the search were identified as 44-year-old […]
The Alaska Department of Public Safety released the names of the victims that perished in the horrific landslide that occurred on the Zimovia Highway south of Wrangell on Friday. The 450-foot landslide that swept down the mountainside on Monday directly into three homes below took the lives of: 16-year-old Mara Heller, who was found on […]