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Category: Phillip Weidner

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

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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

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 on Drugs & Demmert: It’s All Or Nothing

April 27, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Judge Carpeneti finally ruled on questions about Larry Demmert’s use of drugs. And his alleged addictions. He declared that, “It’s…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, larry demmert, Phillip Weidner, 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

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

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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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