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Category: Judge Walter Carpeneti

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

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

No Comment, No Comment

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

Alice Irons: Yes, No or Maybe?

June 25, 2021 admin 1 Comment

With Sue Domenowske-Page’s testimony at an end, the sole remaining witness who claimed to have seen John Peel at an…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Walter Carpeneti, Klawock Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, 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

Judge Carpeneti’s Hair Goes Grey

April 30, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The cross-examination of Larry Demmert, Jr. had to finish by noon, March 30, 1988, Judge Carpeneti said. Or else. But…

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

Phil Weidner Claims Judge Sandbagged Him

April 14, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Trials can be boring and most trials qualify. Murder trials, on the other hand, often reach an emotional state. The…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Walter Carpeneti, larry demmert, 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

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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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