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She’s A Very Truthful Witness

June 17, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Phil Weidner had nothing but praise for Dawn Holmstrom. “She’s a very truthful witness,” he proclaimed. “She’s made every attempt…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Five Lines of Testimony

June 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Of all the witnesses who appeared during May of 1986, Dawn Holmstrom seemed particularly important. She had plans to meet…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mark Coulthurst, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Four Years Later – Changing Recollections

June 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Memories. Sweet memories. There are things we can’t forget. Things that are gone in a microsecond. There are recollections that…

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

May 1986 – A Parade of Witnesses

June 10, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In May 1986, prosecutor Mary Anne Henry brought a steady torrent of witnesses through the Ketchikan courtroom. She’d already called…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mark Coulthurst, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Cross-Examination: If Teeth Could Talk

June 9, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Under cross-examination, defense attorney Phillip Weidner got Dr. Bell to admit his experiments didn’t take into account the influence of…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Judge Thomas Schulz, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

It’s All About The Teeth

June 5, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Mark Coulthurst’s parents made their way north after the boat fire, they lugged dental records in their luggage. After…

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

Arson Investigator Weighs In: It’s a Cover Up

June 4, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Barker Davie had extensively analyzed the Investor fire. A former forensic chemist for the Fort Wayne Police Department from 1973-1980,…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Experts Take the Witness Stand

June 3, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There were two things about the Investor crime that desperately needed explication. Then, as now, these were the forensic dimensions…

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

Interrogation Techniques Under Fire

May 28, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Turning to address the Peel interrogation in Bellingham, Phillip Weidner accused Sgt. Glenn Flothe of trying to “break” Peel and…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Glenn Flothe, John Peel, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

John Peel: The Missing Fourteen Minutes

May 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Joh Peel’s “missing” fourteen minutes focuses on the portion of his self-directed chatter banned by Judge Schulz. It begins with…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Glenn Flothe, John Peel, 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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