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Category: Mark Coulthurst

Feeling Low on the Investor

April 16, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Were feelings on the boat low enough to be the breeding ground for murder? Miller couldn’t tell. But soon, Tussing revealed…

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

Fixing a Leak – Or Not

April 12, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The source of Roy Tussing’s eventual departure from the Investor seemed, in retrospect, almost trivial. In the end, it all boiled down to a leaking hydraulic…

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What Roy Tussing Knew

April 10, 2019 admin Leave a comment

As the day of the memorial service turned to evening, Miller and Stogsdill found themselves on the way north, to Ferndale, Washington.…

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From Peel to Moon

April 2, 2019 admin Leave a comment

After the memorial service for the Coulthurst family, troopers went down the short list of people they wanted to interview. They’d…

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Cocaine Fisherman

March 20, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Federal and state authorities identified Ron Cole as a major cocaine dealer. They claimed he purchased cocaine valued at about…

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In Bellingham, In Blaine

March 12, 2019 admin Leave a comment

While Southeast Alaska and San Francisco were places of interest to trooper investigators, they weren’t the only ones. In September…

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If You’re Going to San Francisco

March 7, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Sgt. Jim Stogsdill and the San Francisco detectives walked the streets of Fisherman’s Wharf. They talked to anyone who looked…

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Tipster Calls In A Lead

February 20, 2019 admin Leave a comment

In late September 1982, troopers received an anonymous call from a tipster. It seemed significant. The caller whispered that he’d…

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A Startling New Turn of Events

February 14, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Before they left Petersburg, Miller and Stogsdill received additional news. By matching x-rays his family sent north, a radiologist positively…

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It Feels Like Starting Over

February 13, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Miller and Stogsdill knew that nearly everyone they wanted to talk to had left Craig. The salmon season had come…

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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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