Once troopers identified Joanna Messina, they could begin to piece together her story. Like many people before her, Joanna had…
As John Lucking’s homicide investigation continued, he struggled to identify the victim and her possible killer. For a while, it…
In investigating a possible homicide on the Kenai peninsula, Investigator John Lucking ran across a black bear. Black bears are the…
In this installment, Walter talks about the escalation of terror that struck the women of Anchorage as the decade of…
Two of Gilmour’s best leads had gone sideways — Greg passed his polygraph and Hansen had an alibi for the…
As January dragged on, Walter Gilmour was called into the Director’s office, so that Col. Dankworth could brief him on…
In 1972, the results of polygraph tests were inadmissible in Alaska courts. With some notable exceptions, they are still inadmissible. A…
Wassilie is a Yup’ik name, (perhaps derived from the Russian, “Wassily,” given early contacts between the two groups). Many in…
CROSS-POST In 1982, Craig, Alaska, was a village with minimal police presence and a rough reputation. As one long time…
Greg Nicholas was good friends with the Young family who, like him, were Alaska Natives. They were with him when…