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Month: September 2020

Staring Into An Ethical Abyss

September 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

On November 28th, 1986, as Judge Schulz was set to hear defense motions, Mary Anne Henry surprised him. She was…

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

Judge Thomas Schulz Weighs In On Retrial

September 23, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Outside court, Judge Thomas Schulz said he would assign himself the State v. Peel case. Schulz was the presiding judge…

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

John Peel To Be Retried

September 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Within moments of the mistrial decision, Mary Anne Henry said John Peel would be retried. She had already contacted State…

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

Deadlock: Verdict Reached For, Missed

September 18, 2020 admin Leave a comment

On day six, the State v. Peel jury returned to the courthouse at 8:30 a.m., starting their deliberations even earlier…

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

The End Is Near, Isn’t It?

September 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Arguments in State v. Peel ended with a thud, not a bang. After a dispiriting attempt to grind Jim Robinson…

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

Pressure Tactics, Then More Pressure

September 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

At this trial, every witness seemed to be under suspicion from one side or the other. Every story was subject…

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

Jim Robinson Redux

September 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The controversy surrounding Jim Robinson would not die. Phil Weidner wouldn’t let it. Instead, he called him in as a so-called…

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

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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