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Category: Craig Alaska

Did She Sink?

August 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

We know the Investor killer made two trips to Ben’s Cove. The first time was the day before the fire:…

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

Craig Redux: Yes, The Craig Inn Is Still Rowdy

August 22, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Amazingly, I hadn’t been in Craig since 1994. That’s twenty-five years without the Hill Bar. Without the Craig Inn. Without…

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Tourists in Friday Harbor

August 12, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Friday Harbor is the primary population center on San Juan Island, one of multiple islands in an archipelago that stretches…

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Back in Craig, AK

August 11, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The wonderful folks at the Craig Library have generously offered to host me for an Author Event. Many thanks to…

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Joe Weiss Comes North

August 8, 2019 admin Leave a comment

His encounter with the notorious Investor skiffman had been brief. Fisherman Joe Weiss was at the Craig cold storage dock…

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Cops Reinterview Libby 8 Crew

August 7, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The idea that some folks were shading the truth, if not outright lying, troubled investigators. They knew from hard experience…

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Sorting the Photo Array

August 1, 2019 admin Leave a comment

While Stogsdill was giving Sue Domenowske the short course on the criminal justice system — and trying to put her at ease — Paul Page…

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Photos on Hollis Beach

July 30, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The one thing missing from early contacts with witnesses were line-up photos of John Peel. Sergeant Stogsdill was determined to…

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Will Lightning Strike Twice?

July 26, 2019 admin Leave a comment

When the Mounties busted David William Shearing for murder, it was his designs on the victim’s camper that ultimately led them to his door. When he asked an…

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John Peel Looks at Composites

July 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

When John Peel was at the Bellingham Police station, the troopers showed him some photographs. And asked him questions about…

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Kill Brother, Kill Sister

On September 30, 1976, a vehicle explosion rocked downtown Anchorage. When the dust settled, Muriel Pfeil was trapped in the driver’s seat. Dead.

Her brother immediately blamed Neil Mackay, Muriel’s estranged ex-husband — a multi-millionaire lawyer and real estate mogul. Robert Pfeil knew the motive: Mackay wanted custody of the couple’s only child, three year old Scotty.

photo credits: alaskahistory.org; anchorage times; alice puster

Kill Brother, Kill Sister

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