A 20-year old woman is charged in the death of her 28-year-old uncle in the village of Napaskiak.
On Friday, at around 11 p.m., a Napaskiak Village Public Safety Officer received a call stating that Mathew Beaver was not breathing. When the VPSO responded to the residence, he found Beaver’s body “sitting slumped over on the couch,” according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday.
Kayla Jacob, who Alaska State Troopers have identified as Beaver’s niece, was kneeling on the floor sobbing. A large, bloody knife lay approximately 5 feet away from her. Jacob stated that she had stabbed Beaver, the complaint says.
AST was then notified that Beaver was found dead in his home, according to an online AST dispatch posted Sunday.
Jacob is charged with first-degree murder in connection with his death. She said that she had gotten into an argument with Beaver and was also angry at him for leaving her on the tundra during a recent trip to Bethel, the charging documents say.
Both Beaver and Jacob had been drinking alcohol, troopers say.
Beaver’s body had a single puncture wound above his left nipple, the complaint says. His body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
AST spokeswoman Beth Ipsen says both Beaver and Jacob lived at the residence where Beaver was found deceased. Napaskiak, a village of about 440 people, is located 7 miles from Bethel.