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Category: Phillip Weidner

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

Judge Carpeneti Inherits Dawn Holmstrom

January 12, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Not much had changed with Dawn Holmstrom, except that her memory was two years older. She still wanted — and…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Judge Walter Carpeneti, juneau, 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

Old Allegations Are New Again

October 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

With the jury seated, Judge Carpeneti faced a barrage of requests. As always, the agenda featured old allegations and even…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Walter Carpeneti, juneau, Phillip Weidner, 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

Staring Into An Ethical Abyss

September 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

On November 28th, 1986, as Judge Schulz was set to hear defense motions, Mary Anne Henry surprised him. She was…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

The End Is Near, Isn’t It?

September 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Arguments in State v. Peel ended with a thud, not a bang. After a dispiriting attempt to grind Jim Robinson…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Thomas Schulz, larry demmert, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, 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

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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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