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The Investor Murders & the Search for a Villain

September 19, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The drug theory of the Investor murders is, to the say the least, firmly entrenched. It is true that there…

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

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August 5, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Final arguments are supposed to be final. Phil Weidner had taken some of the air out of that notion, with…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Judge Walter Carpeneti, larry demmert, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Prosecution Tries to Make John Peel Less Mysterious

June 24, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The idea that John Peel was someone mysterious stood, in a way, as something anomalous. In real life he had,…

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

En Español: Los asesinatos del Investor

June 17, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Every once in a while, something crosses my desk that makes me go — huh? This is one of them.…

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

Self-Proclaimed Jury Expert

October 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

How do you select a jury? There are as many theories as there are lawyers. But attorneys know what they…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Judge Walter Carpeneti, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Jim Robinson Redux

September 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The controversy surrounding Jim Robinson would not die. Phil Weidner wouldn’t let it. Instead, he called him in as a so-called…

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

Defense Scores a Miss (And a Hit)

August 20, 2020 admin Leave a comment

As the Peel case wandered into defense territory, Phil Weidner scored a hit. And a miss. It was all about…

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

Second Man in Skiff: Was He Acting Alone?

August 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

John Peel’s defense predictably countered that testimony pointing to a stocky, dark-complexioned Native man raised questions about a core prosecution…

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

Peel Not in Skiff, Says Defense Witness

August 6, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Allegations of witness manipulation aside, there was one witness the State presumably hadn’t manipulated. He was the first witness for…

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

State of the Case: Posturing in Public

August 5, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Phil Weidner was definitive when it came to judging the state of the prosecution’s case at this psychic and procedural…

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

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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