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Month: March 2020

Sue Domenowske-Page: A Gut Punch of Recognition

March 31, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Sue Domenowske-Page thought John Peel’s hair was too light, but thought the shape of his eyebrows and eyes were similar.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Hollis Alaska, Ketchikan, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Something Remarkable Happens – Or Not?

March 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When it came to undermining Paul Page, defense attorney Brant McGee didn’t have to try very hard. There was nothing…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Hollis Alaska, John Peel, What Happened In Craig

Eyewitness Testimony Meanders Down Memory Lane

March 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In due course, one eyewitness after another followed with a parade of memories, each gently fogged by time. There was…

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

COVID-19 Updates: Prince of Wales Island & More

March 25, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Our time on Prince of Wales Island during summer 2019 was memorable. There was, for one, the sheer beauty of…

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Posted in: Craig Alaska, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska

The Man In the Middle

March 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When it was time for the cross-examination of Joe Weiss, Phillip Weidner gleefully stepped up to the bar. And Joe…

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

Joe Weiss Testifies

March 19, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Joe Weiss was a fisherman who had seen the Investor skiffman the day before the Coulthurst boat burned. Weiss told…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, John Peel, What Happened In Craig

Eight People Saw the Suspect

March 18, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Eight people had seen the skiffman. Four of them had talked to him, however briefly. Six of them said he…

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

Three Inmates With A Story

March 12, 2020 admin Leave a comment

March 26, 1986 Phillip Weidner told the judge three inmates had alleged Mark Coulthurst was “heavily involved in dealing cocaine”…

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

Coke in Alaska: The Crazy 80’s

March 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The allegations that a commercial fisherman might be dealing cocaine, with a tragic outcome, were based in reality. Take the…

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

Flushing Marijuana Down the Drain

March 10, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Less than five minutes after Sgt. Stogsdill returned to the stand, Phil Weidner accused him of lying when he told…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Jim Stogsdill, larry demmert, 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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