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Month: April 2019

Chris Heyman, Greenhorn

April 29, 2019 admin Leave a comment

As 1982 came to an end, the troopers found that little had changed. They were still conducting interviews. Still consulting with…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Roy Tussing’s Secret Sorrow

April 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Roy Tussing was more traumatized by the Investor murders than the troopers could know. It was a secret sorrow he…

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Did You Talk To Anyone on the Adjacent Boat?

April 22, 2019 admin Leave a comment

March 16, 2019Village Books, Bellingham, WA One of the best questions of the night came from Mitchell, who asked if…

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After Roy & LeRoy

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After Sgt. Miller learned the Investor back story from two experienced men, who’d been there in the days and months…

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Little Kids, Teenaged Crew

April 18, 2019 admin Leave a comment

What about the crew? Tussing said it was “one of the best crews I’ve ever worked with. I really loved…

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Feeling Low on the Investor

April 16, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Were feelings on the boat low enough to be the breeding ground for murder? Miller couldn’t tell. But soon, Tussing revealed…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Mark Coulthurst, Mass Murder, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Fixing a Leak – Or Not

April 12, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The source of Roy Tussing’s eventual departure from the Investor seemed, in retrospect, almost trivial. In the end, it all boiled down to a leaking hydraulic…

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What Roy Tussing Knew

April 10, 2019 admin Leave a comment

As the day of the memorial service turned to evening, Miller and Stogsdill found themselves on the way north, to Ferndale, Washington.…

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Village Books: What Happened in Craig

April 7, 2019 admin Leave a comment

On 16 March 2019, I was hosted by Village Books in Bellingham, for an Author Event featuring my new book,…

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From Peel to Moon

April 2, 2019 admin Leave a comment

After the memorial service for the Coulthurst family, troopers went down the short list of people they wanted to interview. They’d…

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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