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Category: Mark Coulthurst

The Worst Position Imaginable

February 7, 2019 admin Leave a comment

From the earliest days of the investigation, the Investor families faced the worst dilemma imaginable. Either their loved ones were…

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

Passing the Baton: Miller & Stogsdill Take Over

February 6, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The decision from Anchorage came down on Sunday. The Criminal Investigation Bureau would handle the Investor murders. The reason seemed…

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Saturday Meeting @ Anderson’s House

February 1, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Finished with their first week of investigations, Kolivosky and McCoy headed to Klawock. They had a Saturday meeting to attend…

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Investor Murders: A Week of Missed Opportunities

January 29, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Whoever murdered Mark Coulthurst — and his wife and his crew — had time on his side. There were missed…

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How Murder Happens: A Theory Emerges

January 24, 2019 admin Leave a comment

One of the most vexing questions concerning the Investor murders is among its most fundamental: how did someone manage to kill all…

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Confusion: Let’s Not All Speak At Once

January 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

If the newsmedia had been guilty of jumping to conclusions, they hadn’t been alone in their confusion. The Investor case,…

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Spectacular Murder, Media Circus

January 22, 2019 admin Leave a comment

“What Happened in Craig” A spectacular murder lures the news hounds like no other. Even at Ben’s Cove, where the…

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Investigators Arrive from Anchorage

January 17, 2019 admin Leave a comment

“What Happened in Craig” The four o’clock float plane from Ketchikan brought two investigators from the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)…

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F/V Investor: The Final Journey (video)

December 27, 2018 admin Leave a comment

As a new vessel, the F/V Investor had its share of annoyances. A failing hatch cover sent her back to Seattle…

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Bad News in Bellingham

November 21, 2018 admin Leave a comment

Excerpts from the unpublished original manuscript, “Sailor Take Warning,” by Leland E. Hale. That manuscript, started in 1992 and based…

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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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