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Category: Ketchikan

The Battle to Represent John Peel

November 11, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The attorneys began to skirmish almost immediately. It was, from the very beginning, a no-holds-barred battle in and out of…

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

Unbridled Fear, Predictable Effects

November 8, 2019 admin Leave a comment

With seven or eight people murdered onboard the Investor, the fear factor was immediate and overwhelming. It started in Craig,…

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

Winning in Ketchikan by Losing in Bellingham

November 6, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Peel’s only option was to continue what appeared to be a losing fight against extradition in Whatcom County Superior Court. His…

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

Dawn Holmstrom Backtracks On Her Testimony

November 1, 2019 admin Leave a comment

By the time testimony was finished, the Ketchikan grand jury had heard a total of twenty-four witnesses. Larry Demmert and…

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

Larry Demmert Gets Ready for His Cameo

October 24, 2019 admin Leave a comment

While Sgt. Stogsdill and Mary Anne Henry were holed up with the grand jury, three of their compatriots — McNeill,…

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Ketchikan Grand Jury: Round One

October 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

After a two day delay brought on by Larry Demmert’s antics, the Ketchikan grand jury was finally ready to begin. Mary…

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

Making the Move

October 4, 2019 admin Leave a comment

After the coroner’s ruling Trooper Anderson tracked down Bruce Anderson, the skipper of the Casino. The trooper was laying the…

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

Did You Sell Pot?

July 19, 2019 admin Leave a comment

After talking to the Coulthursts, Sergeant Stogsdill now wanted to interview John Peel. He had a boatload of questions for him — including…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, John Peel, Ketchikan, Mark Coulthurst, Mass Murder, The Investor, 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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