Courtesy APD

Update on Thursday, July 13 at 10:50 a.m.

Karl Vandenhuerk was taken into custody Wednesday night and remanded to the Anchorage jail. APD spokesperson Renee Oistad says he was spotted walking in the Mountain View area, which is how he was caught.

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Anchorage police are asking for help finding a 40-year-old man wanted for a probation violation.

Karl Vandenhuerk is on probation for a drug-related charge, said Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Anita Shell.

Police describe Vandenhuerk as 5-foot-10 and 205 pounds with no hair, blue eyes and tattoos “all over” his body.

He has reportedly been staying at different places in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley, APD says.

Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact APD at 786-8900 and press “0” to speak with a dispatcher.

People can also submit an anonymous tip and be eligible for a possible cash reward. Contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or visit www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

A masked burglar took 17 guns and two riflescopes from Wild Trader’s Pawn and Locksmith shop in Kodiak.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports (http://bit.ly/1Mmvfhi) the suspect broke into the shop early Saturday morning and walked to a display case, smashed the glass and took the weapons.

The Kodiak Police Department is asking people purchasing guns from private sources to contact authorities if they suspect a weapon is stolen.

Serial numbers for the stolen guns have been reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Owner Kim Davidson has owned the shop for nearly 20 years and says he plans to offer a reward for information that leads to an arrest.

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Information from: Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror, http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com

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Former Anchorage radio DJ James Laplante — also known as Jimmy O’Brien — was sentenced to prison Thursday.

Judge Philip Volland sentenced the 49-year-old to 10 years with eight years suspended.

Previously known as Jimmy O’Brien on country station KASH 107. 5′s morning drive time show, Laplante was charged with multiple child pornography counts in December. He changed his plea to guilty in March.

Anchorage police say they started investigating Laplante — who has biological and adopted children — after Instagram reported images involving the sexual exploitation of children on his account. Additionally, an image flagged by Google was linked to an IP address at his former place of employment.

A man convicted of killing his friend and fellow airman with a hammer was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Friday.

Alaska Superior Court Judge Jack W. Smith sentenced 26-year-old former Airman First Class James Thomas to 50 years in jail with 20 suspended for the charge of second-degree murder in the beating death of 22-year-old Senior Airman Clinton Reeves. He also handed down two concurrent sentences of five years each with three years suspended for two charges of tampering with physical evidence.

Reeves was first reported missing April 23, 2012. His body was found May 8, 2012, by a trio of women walking along Skyline Drive in Eagle River, Anchorage police reported.

Terry Reeves and Judy Davis, Reeves’ parents, each gave a victim impact statement at the sentencing, according to court documents. They and other family members in Kansas and California coordinated a search effort with the U.S. Air Force when Reeves first went missing.

Clinton Reeves

A joint investigation between the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Anchorage Police Department led to Thomas’ arrest the same day Reeves was found. Thomas was initially charged with six counts of tampering with physical evidence and considered a person of interest, but a hammer covered in Reeves’ blood was later recovered from the back of Thomas’s truck.

In June 2012, a grand jury handed down an indictment of 11 charges against Thomas, including one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery, along with the evidence tampering charges. Thomas pleaded guilty to three of the charges in April 2014 as part of a plea agreement.

A sentence was expected Friday for 18-year-old Alexandra Ellis, convicted on charges relating to the death of 51-year-old Jeffrey Dusenbury, but it was postponed until the following week.

Instead, Judge Michael Wolverton allowed an accident investigator — hired by the defense — to speak. Jay Smith, who has 33 years’ experience in the field, said Dusenbury was traveling between 30 and 35 miles per hour at the time of the collision.

A friend of the Dusenbury family, Mike Vania, said there was “no way” he could have been traveling that fast, as he was in the early portion of a long bike trip and would have needed to save energy.

Vania said the prosecution wasn’t aggressive enough, allowing for a plea agreement that he says doesn’t do the crime justice.

“We were all stunned with the agreement — three years with two suspended, and worse: the hit-and-run was dropped. Are you kidding me?” he said. “I was shocked that the prosecution, after all this time, with all his assurances, could just roll over and give the defense a deal that amounted to a slap on the wrist.”

There was also testimony from Dusenbury’s widow, Melissa Holder.

“Alexandra Ellis killed my best friend of 32 years,” she testified. “He was my soulmate, my husband and the father of my only child. In 32 years, I never went more than 12 hours without hearing his voice.”

Wolverton said a confidential hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, during which they will determine a timeline for the next proceedings.

KTVA 11′s Eric Ruble and Daniella Rivera contributed to this story. 

A Wasilla man, wanted by authorities after he cut off his ankle monitor in June, was indicted Thursday on murder charges.

Joshua Beebe, 30, faces multiple charges in connection with the death of Christopher Seaman, including first- and second-degree murder, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch. Seaman, 23, was found dead in his vehicle on June 23 near Big Lake.

Beebe, who troopers say was already in state custody, was also indicted on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and weapons misconduct in connection with a shooting outside of Palmer in which an adult male was injured.

Beebe’s arraignment is scheduled for Monday, according to online court records.

Anchorage police say a 12-year-old was hospitalized Saturday after showing symptoms of a spice overdose.

Just after 4 p.m., authorities responded to the area of East 4th Avenue and Patsy Street in Northeast Anchorage after receiving a call that a juvenile boy “had possibly taken spice and had overdosed,” according to Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Castro.

Police say the 12-year-old was spotted in the roadway by a passerby; “he was throwing up and speaking gibberish,” Castro wrote.

When medics responded to the scene, they determined the juvenile had symptoms of an overdose from the drug. Police say he was unconscious when they transported him to the hospital.

Officers were unable to speak to the juvenile, but his mother told APD she had spoken to her son an hour before. She said he “sounded fine and told her he was going to do his chores,” Castro wrote.

It is unknown where the 12-year-old obtained the spice drug – a chemical mixture of herbs and man-made chemicals that has become problematic in recent weeks. This incident is one of nine spice-related calls that APD has responded to over the weekend, according to data from police. Police have responded to more than 90 spice-related calls for service since July 31, the data shows.

One male in particular has been cited for possession of spice seven times in the past few weeks, Castro says. Anyone caught possessing or selling spice faces a $500 fine per package and a citation.

Castro says the case involving the juvenile has been forwarded to APD detectives for further investigation.

“Police encourage parents to talk to their children about the dangers of spice,” Castro says. “And if they come across it, to contact police immediately.”

The woman who ran one of the largest prostitution operations in Alaska will spend more than five years in prison.

Judge Philip Volland sentenced 41-year-old Amber Batts to five years in prison for sex trafficking on Monday. An additional six months was tacked on to her sentence for violating probation.

Batts has been on house arrest since pleading guilty to second-degree sex trafficking back in March. She admitted to sending sex workers to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai and the Mat-Su Valley.

An investigator who testified at Monday’s sentencing said Batts had a client list with hundreds of names and typically employed 10 women at a time. In most cases, he said, a person in charge of running a prostitution ring will normally employ just two to four people.

Batts’ husband, Quinn Batts, also pleaded guilty to a reduced sex trafficking charge.

Damage could exceed $100,000.

Photo courtesy Dean Swope/KYUK.

This story originates from KYUK Public Media and was published with permission.

Vandals trashed preschool classrooms and smashed windows in 13 of the Lower Kuskokwim School District’s vehicles over the weekend.

LKSD Superintendent, Dan Walker, says it appears people threw rocks at cars parked near the district office. Inside the M-E preschool they made an absolute mess.

“All of the toilets were clogged, the water was left running. We had several smart boards that were torn off the wall. There are computers that were thrown off onto the floor and a few computers that were missing,” said Walker.

The preliminary estimates of the damage exceed $50,000 for the vehicles and at least $50,000 to the preschool. Bethel police are investigating. Walker is hopeful that the school’s camera system can develop leads in the case.
“Our technology folks are going thought video footage right now. I’d be surprised if we don’t have some footage. The question will be if we can identify people from the footage or get an idea of who we need to talk to,” said Walker.

After starting up the new school year last week, nearly fifty families with preschoolers are now waiting again for school to start. Walker says there is no firm timeline.

“Right now we’ve cancelled classes until further notice. Probably later this week we’ll have a better idea of whether we’ll be far enough along getting the building cleaned up so we can have classes next week,” said Walker.

Before cleanup goes too far, Walker says his team needs to know whether the air is hazardous from fire extinguishers that were emptied. He says the district can’t simply move preschoolers to another classroom because the facilities have to be licensed.

“We have limited time with them anyway, and we want to do everything we can to maximize the learning time, so we’ll do everything we can to get the facility back up and open,” said Walker.

And in the meantime, Walker says the district wants to look at adding additional lighting outside and cameras.

Today, Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton accepted a plea agreement, sentencing 18-year-old Alexandra Ellis to serve three years, with two suspended, for a negligent homicide charge.

Ellis was convicted on charges in connection with the death of 51-year-old Jeff Dusenbury, who was killed in a fatal hit-and-run last year.

Family and friends of Dusenbury said the sentence doesn’t go far enough.

“I find myself feeling terrified of what the future holds,” said Madisen Holder-Dusenbury, the victim’s daughter. ”I’m scared that the one person who was supposed to protect me can’t because he was taken — due to someone’s recklessness and disregard for human life.”

Before the sentencing, Holder-Dusenbury urged the judge to reconsider the plea agreement.

“Please think about what we are facing for the rest of our lives,” she said. “My mother and I, we received a life sentence.”

Ellis said she hopes to dedicate her life to spreading awareness about substance abuse.

“I want to help others as Jeff would have helped others,” said Ellis. “They said he was an incredible man who gave his time to who really needed it. They say that when Jeff left the room, one felt better about themselves. I want to take on that legacy because, ultimately, this awful situation has given me a future.”

Moving forward, Ellis says she will spend the rest of her life trying to be “the best version” of herself.

Ellis was 17 years old when she killed Dusenbury but has since turned 18. Her legal team wanted to apply for a reverse waiver, which would allow Ellis to be charged as a minor. Judge Wolverton denied the request, thus charging her as an adult. 

A father and son have pleaded guilty in a drug trafficking case that spans from Ketchikan to Washington.

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced 29-year-old Layten Banchero, of Seattle, to 10 years in prison with five years of supervised release. Banchero pleaded guilty in April to drug trafficking conspiracy, possessing a firearm in connection to drug-related activity and possessing a firearm as a felon, according to a statement from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Anchorage.

Another drug-related investigation led Ketchikan police to Banchero in his hotel room on June 13, 2014, according to the DA. A search warrant was granted for the room and police found 83.71 grams of “actual” methamphetamine, 30.1 grams of heroin, drug ledgers, a “large amount” of U.S. currency and a loaded pistol.

Police also discovered a local storage locker was being used by Banchero. A warranted search of the locker revealed more firearms and $24,000 in U.S. currency.

Authorities arrested Banchero’s father, 51-year-old Scott Banchero, when he attempted to retrieve the cash from the locker, according to Assistant DA Jack Schmidt.

The two men were listed as co-conspirators in a drug trafficking scheme across state lines, Schmidt explained in a sentencing memorandum. The younger Banchero was responsible for obtaining the drugs from co-conspirators in the Washington area and have them transported to Ketchikan. Court documents show his father financed the purchase of at least some of the drugs.

Schmidt recommended a heavier sentence for Banchero due to his repeated offenses — he was previously convicted on multiple theft and drug charges — and his addiction to not only drugs, but the money involved in trafficking them.

“Banchero, unlike many other addicts, appears more lured to the quick and easy money rather than the need to supply his habit,” Schmidt wrote. “This is evident in his meticulous record keeping, possession of weapons and ability to keep a large amount of money on his person, as well as in a separate secured location.”

Banchero also reportedly videotaped himself with drugs, firearms and money.

The elder Banchero pleaded guilty to a single count of drug trafficking conspiracy in April and is scheduled to be sentenced in December, Schmidt said.

A North Pole man has been arrested and charged with the death of a 4-year-old child.

On May 5, the unresponsive child was transported to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where medical staff pronounced them dead, according to an online Alaska State Trooper dispatch.

The Alaska Bureau of Investigation was tasked with reviewing the case. The child’s body was taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage, where the 4-year-old’s death was ruled a homicide, according to troopers.

Christopher Sadowski, 27, was arrested Thursday on the charge of first-degree homicide, troopers wrote. He was transported to the Fairbanks Correctional Center without incident.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.

A Black 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab SLT, the same type of vehicle previously driven by Michael Bowen

Courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation

Michael Bowen Jr

Courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation

HTC phone with case

Courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation

A federal grand jury has handed down an indictment against 40-year-old Michael Bowen, Jr. for kidnapping two young girls.

Bowen faces two felony kidnapping charges for snatching a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old while they were riding their bicycles home from Safeway on Aug. 1.

Bowen admitted to taking the girls “to scare the parents” because he thought the girls were “too young to be out there on their own,” according to court documents.

Despite Bowen’s confession, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Alaska is asking for the public’s help as they continue their investigation into the kidnapping.

The girls’ mother told authorities she tried to call her older daughter’s cell phone while they were with Bowen, who reportedly snatched it from the 9-year-old as it rang, court documents show. Now the FBI is looking for the phone, an HTC “with a small crack in the bottom of the phone” and in an Otterbox case, as shown in the photo above.

The FBI also provided photos of Bowen and the vehicle he was driving prior to his arrest.

Anyone in the Fairbanks and North Pole area who has seen the phone or has additional information about Bowen is asked to contact the FBI at 907-276-4441.

The man who broke into a Mountain View home and killed an elderly couple, then sexually assaulted a 2-year-old and an elderly woman in 2013 will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

In an Anchorage courtroom Friday, Judge Philip Volland sentenced Jerry Active to 359 years in prison, plus 45 suspended.

Judge Volland called the case “extraordinarily rare” and said, despite Active’s young age he should be imprisoned “for the rest of his life.”

“This crime can only be explained by the complete absence of a moral compass,” he added.

Given an opportunity to speak at the sentencing, Active said he was innocent.

“A mostly white jury couldn’t rely on the true facts in my case, and instead based their finding of guilt and how they felt,” Active said Friday. “I’m not going to lie, what happened to this man’s family is tragic. But until justice is truly served, I’m standing by my innocence until the end.”

The defense tried to make the case that media attention had skewed the jury, referencing a prior request that the trial be relocated.

Active was arrested in May 2013 and charged with the murders 73-year-old Touch Chea and 71-year-old Sorn Sreap. He was also charged with sexually assaulting a toddler and the family’s 91-year-old great-grandmother. The couple murdered were immigrants from Cambodia. They arrived in the U.S. after fleeing the Cambodian genocide.

In April, a jury found Active guilty of multiple counts of murder and sexual assault.

He was released from jail only 12 hours prior to committing the 2013 crimes.

–This is a developing story. Check back for updates. 

KTVA’s Eric Ruble contributed reporting 

Kerri Tall, of Chevak, started the facebook page, ‘Justice for Roxanne Smart’.

Photo by Daysha Eaton/KYUK Radio

This story originates from KYUK Public Media and was published with permission

BETHEL — The community of Chevak in Southwest Alaska has been breathing a collective sigh of relief after the arrest of a man in July for the murder of Roxanne Smart. The 19-year-old was found stabbed to death in the middle of town last August. But  it was a tough year for the tight-knit Cup’ik community as they waited for law enforcement to make an arrest.

Kerri Tall stands by a memorial beside the old Chevak health clinic where her friend was found.

“At night, it’s not that busy, at night it’s a different story,” said Tall.

Tall explains there’s a midnight curfew for 4-wheelers, the main form of transportation here, so there would have been fewer people around when Roxanne Smart was killed in the middle of the night.

A wooden cross bearing her name leans up against the building supports along with a black and brown stuffed animal puppy, a coffee mug covered in forget-me-nots, and personal notes weighted down with rocks.

Tall says Smart was a quiet woman who loved her new baby and had a soft spot for dogs. And Tall says she can’t think of why anyone would want to hurt her.

“She was really shy, quiet. She always had a puppy to play with and she didn’t deserve any of what she received,” said Tall.

What led up to Smart’s murder isn’t clear, but court documents say she was found naked from the waist down and stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest. Alaska State Troopers reportedly arrived soon after and took DNA samples from several suspects.

“To me it was hard on me, I mean she’s my age. I felt like he was out there and I was scared,” said Tall.

Tall didn’t want to sit idle and started a facebook page to keep attention on Smart’s case before it went cold. She and two other women from Chevak kept the page updated with images of their friend, calling it ‘Justice for Roxanne Smart’.

The town had to live for nearly a year with a killer among them while they waited for the lab samples to come back.

Lieutenant Christopher Thompson, the deputy commander of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation who oversees all major crimes investigations, didn’t want to go on tape for this story, but he says investigators went to Chevak three times between August 2014 and July 2015 and identified several people of interest in the case. He says a rape kit was administered. No arrests were made during that time.

Tall walks past the bustling corporation store to her Auntie’s house which is kitty corner to the old health clinic where Smart’s body was found. Her Auntie, Etta Tall, says Roxanne was a regular at her ‘teen nights’ where she did positive activities with young people.

“She was with my youth group in the beginning. She did the fry bread power day, we had fry bread power day, and she was so happy. If I would ever do a program, she would always want to be there to help out. She was that kind of a person,” said Tall.

Kerri and Etta Tall sit on the porch at Etta’s house remembering their friend, Roxanne Smart. Photo by Daysha Eaton/KYUK

On July 23rd investigators returned to Chevak to interview Samuel Atchak, one of the original people of interest. Investigators say the 19-year-old admitted to placing Smart in a “choke hold” that night with his arms until she blacked out and to raping her. But he denied stabbing or killing smart. The next day, while he was being arrested and charged for assault and sexual assault, an affidavit says Atchak admitted to stabbing and murdering Smart that night. Tall says that changed the dynamic in Chevak.

“I think it’s like a relief and a release. When I first heard about it, it was very thick here, the atmosphere was different. But now I come back I can feel like a relief here in Chevak,” said Tall.

Larry Barker is the superintendent of the Kashunamiut school district in Chevak.

“My biggest question is why it took 11 months for the DNA testing to take place,” said Barker.

He says everyone in the village wonders what took so long.

“Because it did leave the village with concerns and lots of questions. You know, no arrests were taking place and the whole village was wondering what was going on and you know, probably a little scared,” said Barker.

Troopers says it took 11 months to charge the suspect because they were waiting on DNA samples that were first sent to the state crime lab and then to another out-of-state lab, for further analysis.

Senator Berta Gardner has called for an audit of Alaska’s crime lab, citing a huge backlog, specifically of rape kits.

Lieutenant Thompson, with the Troopers, says the last lab report came back June 25th, which gave investigators enough evidence to confront the Atchak in July. Troopers say more details will come out in court.

Atchak was arraigned in Bethel Superior Court Aug. 4. He pleaded not guilty. His case will be back in court in October.

A memorial to Roxanne Smart who was killed in Chevak, August 27th 2014. Photo by Daysha Eaton/KYUK

Days after a reported vandalism at South Anchorage High School, the Anchorage School District is reporting another incident of vandalism at one of its facilities.

Friday, just after 8:30 a.m., staff at Rabbit Creek Elementary School called the Anchorage Police Department to report a break-in at one of the school’s relocatable classrooms.

Heidi Embley with ASD says someone broke a window and stole equipment from the relocatable, located at 13650 Lake Otis Pkwy in South Anchorage. The building that was broken into serves as a classroom for fifth and sixth-graders, totaling about 27 students.

Two Apple desktop computers and a camera were reported as stolen. Also missing were students’ school supplies and gym shoes, says Raynae Hipsack, a sixth grade teacher at Rabbit Creek.

“The students are all upset because they’re excited to start the school year and excited to bring their school supplies on the first day,” said Raynae Hipsack, a sixth grade teacher at Rabbit Creek. “And to come back and find your shoes are gone for gym, all your books and binders and everything you just bought.”

APD is investigating this incident and requests that anyone with information contact police at 786-8900.

Police say a victim has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in West Anchorage Saturday evening.

1 injured in West Anchorage shooting

Police say a victim has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in West Anchorage Saturday evening.

Just after 6 p.m., the Anchorage Police Department responded to the 2500 block of Kona Lane in reference to the shooting.

The victim, identified as an 18-year-old male, was taken to the hospital and had to undergo surgery for a gunshot wound to his pelvis area, according to an APD release. He remains in critical condition, as of noon Sunday, APD says.

No suspects have been taken into custody at this time, police say, adding that the investigation is ongoing.

Man shot in truck while parked in driveway

Police say a man was shot early Sunday morning while his truck was parked in a driveway.

Just after 2:30 a.m., the Anchorage Police Department received a report of shots fired near the 3300 block of Boniface Parkway. Police were informed that the victim, identified an 18-year-old male, had been shot while sitting in a parked truck in the driveway of a trailer.

“It was reported to police that the victim was driving home with his friends in the truck,” the release says. “He had parked in the driveway when he heard a loud pop and realized he had been shot.”

None of the truck’s passengers were injured in the shooting, APD says. The victim was taken to the hospital where police say he remains in critical condition.

No suspects have been taken into custody at this time.

Anyone with information on these shootings is asked to call APD at 786-8900 or, to provide an anonymous tip,  contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or go online to www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

A man is dead after a shooting at an East Anchorage home that happened early morning Sunday.

Around 2 a.m., the Anchorage Police Department received a call reporting shots fired in the area of Fifth Avenue and Lane Street. When officers responded to the scene, they found a male who had been shot at a Lane Street residence, according to an APD release.

The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased, APD says.

His death is being investigated as a homicide. APD detectives, along with the Crime Scene team, remain on scene in the morning hours, as the investigation continues.

A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Byzantium Hill at an East Anchorage home Sunday. In updated information released Tuesday afternoon, police say another male has also been charged in connection with the incident.

Anchorage police arrested and charged Christopher Jon Winters with first-degree murder, according to a statement from Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Jennifer Castro. Winters was taken into custody and remanded to the Anchorage jail Monday night. Also charged is 38-year-old Quinton Henderson, who faces second-degree murder and first-degree burglary, APD says.

Around 2 a.m. Sunday, police were contacted about shots fired in the area of Fifth Avenue and Lane Street. Responding officers discovered Hill had been shot in a Lane Street home.

APD says an investigation into the shooting revealed the residents of the home on Lane Street owed a debt to Winters, “and that the debt was past due.” APD says Henderson was one of the males who forced himself into the residence, resulting in a physical altercation. More males got involved, resulting in rounds being fired inside and outside of the residence.

The home invaders then fled the scene, possibly in a vehicle, police say. Two of the home’s residents were able to chase down Henderson, however, detaining him until police arrived.

According to Castro, APD is looking for other suspects and more charges could be filed.

–Check back for updates on this developing story. 

Police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly stabbing which took place in Ketchikan earlier this month.

On Aug. 10, the Ketchikan Police Department responded to a report of a man with a stab wound in the chest. They found Wayne Nathan on the front porch of a Park Avenue home, and he later died at a hospital.

Witnesses at the scene told police the two men were involved in a fight that ended when Zachariah Willard stabbed Nathan through the heart. A knife with a 5-inch blade was found in Willard’s bedroom and identified as the weapon used in Nathan’s death.

Ketchikan police issued an arrest warrant for Willard Monday. He was charged with second-degree murder and taken to the Ketchikan Correctional Center.