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Category: John Peel

What Dawn Told Lester Johns

March 3, 2021 admin Leave a comment

After declaring Dawn Holmstrom a hostile witness, Judge Carpeneti hoped to get the trial back on track. Once the jury…

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

Learning Ketchikan From Juneau

December 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Juneau is not so far from Ketchikan that word doesn’t travel. More than that, there was already an extensive record…

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

Second Trial Begins: January in Juneau

November 12, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Mary Anne Henry’s opening statement in the second trial began where her first one left off. She even started with…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Walter Carpeneti, juneau, What Happened In Craig

Double Jeopardy Batted Away

October 20, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The last issue to be resolved was the defense motion to dismiss on grounds of double jeopardy. If the judge…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Walter Carpeneti, juneau, What Happened In Craig

A New Charge: Jury Tampering

October 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Phil Weidner was ever the bulldog. Even with the second trial apparently going forward, he fought it at every step.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Walter Carpeneti, Ketchikan, What Happened In Craig

John Peel To Be Retried

September 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Within moments of the mistrial decision, Mary Anne Henry said John Peel would be retried. She had already contacted State…

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

Pressure Tactics, Then More Pressure

September 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

At this trial, every witness seemed to be under suspicion from one side or the other. Every story was subject…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Mary Anne Henry, 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

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

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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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