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Category: John Peel

Ruminations : Things That Matter, Things That Don’t

April 16, 2022 admin Leave a comment

Well folks, this week we have war, Frank R. James and John Peel to discuss. Not necessarily in that order.…

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

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

January 26, 2022 admin Leave a comment

When lawyer Phil Weidner finally got his win in State of Alaska v. John Kenneth Peel, he also got the…

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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

Denied: Two Critical Decisions

October 13, 2021 admin Leave a comment

There are times in criminal cases when a critical decision seems to turn things in one direction. And one direction…

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

Final Arguments On Display

August 10, 2021 admin Leave a comment

For the second jury in John Peel’s murder trial, it was a constant parade-shuffle in and out of the courtroom.…

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

John Peel: Eternal Mystery Man

June 10, 2021 admin Leave a comment

If anything was certain in this trial — in these trials, really — it was that John Peel was still…

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

Addiction Alleged. Sanctions Threatened.

April 8, 2021 admin Leave a comment

March 1988 Phillip Weidner had a way of reaching into the grittiest, grimiest details of a criminal case. As always,…

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

Troubles, Waiting in the Wings

March 31, 2021 admin Leave a comment

When Larry Demmert took the stand on March 17th, the prosecution strategy was to keep his testimony to a minimum.…

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

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

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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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