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Category: Ketchikan

Quarantine: Lima Flags To Fly Over Alaska

May 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Lorrie and I visited Craig in 2019, one highlight was a visit to the venerable Craig Inn. One of…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved, Craig Alaska, Culture, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, What Happened In Craig

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

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

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

Bad Memories, Memory Even Worse

February 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Ketchikan, Alaska March 20-25, 1986 In a trial where memories — bad memories — were central, the pace of witness…

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

Five Days In Hell

February 12, 2020 admin Leave a comment

March 11-18, 1986 After a half day of nailing Larry Demmert, Jr. for his presumed drug use, the following day…

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

Drugs, Dreams & Desperation

February 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“The evidence will show that the prosecution in this case, they’ve adopted basically a see-no reality, hear-no reality, speak-no reality…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Ketchikan, larry demmert, 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

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

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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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