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Month: January 2020

A Dizzying List of Witnesses

January 30, 2020 admin Leave a comment

As Mary Anne Henry dove into her opening statement, she reeled off a cacophony of names, a dizzying list that…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, John Peel, Mark Coulthurst, Mary Anne Henry, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Packed Into a Ketchikan Courtroom

January 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

As the trial began, Judge Schulz’s courtroom was packed. He’d switched to the larger Superior Court in hopes of accommodating…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Jurors Selected, Trial To Begin

January 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

As the jury selection process moved into its fourth week, the judge took over the questioning of prospective jurors. He…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Explosive New Identification

January 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When the Jim Robinson hearing ended, the former Craig Auto owner hurried to catch up with Mary Anne Henry. After…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Peel Jury Selected Amid Counter-Claims

January 21, 2020 admin Leave a comment

After three weeks, the Peel jury of seventeen citizens — down from eighteen because the jury box would only seat…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

A Jury of One’s Peers

January 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Phillip Weidner wanted a jury of peers that fit snuggly within the boundaries of blue-collar, working-class folks. He made it…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Tedious Days in the Courthouse

January 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

After two weeks of tedious one-by-one questioning, the judge dismissed a total of three people on the grounds of financial…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Jury Selection in Ketchikan

January 14, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Ketchikan has long been a blue-collar town and there were some expectations the Peel jury would represent its blue-collar origins.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

John Kenneth Peel, Attorney at Law

January 9, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The highlight of the increasingly nasty exchanges between counsel came, predictably enough, in the form of another defense request. John…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Defense Responds to Mayday Claims

January 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Brant McGee’s response to Mary Anne Henry’s argument was quick and angry. He charged that prosecutors had “selected” evidence to…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

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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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