In response to online rumors about a serial killer targeting residents of the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage area, both Alaska State Troopers and Anchorage Police Department issued a statement on Tuesday clarifying that there is no evidence to support such claims.
Investigators examined the recent homicides in the region and found no connections.
The law enforcement agencies said in the statement, “If a serial killer were to be known by the Alaska State Troopers or Anchorage Police Department, we would not hesitate to notify the public.”
Oh well I’m mean the cops would never lie…./sarc
Nothing to see here!
There’s probably two or three.
What ever came of those murders on the trail system in Anchorage? Were they connected, anyone arrested? I remember AST and APD denying there was a connection.
They did downplay using the term serial killer during the James Dale Ritchie murders, even though they knew that’s what they were dealing with. He killed five people that they can identify but probably more. He was killed in a shootout with police.
Wish they would come into my house, dang, they don’t even have to knock just come right in front or back 😉
After the threat against Governor Dunleavy’s right to exist , how do those making such online claims not continue their suspicions? Law enforcement and the crummy court need to start grudgingly prosecuting those citizens making threats, inciting violence, or acting out violence and vandalism against prolife churches , pregnancy centers, and persons of faith or conservatism.
I was driving down the New Seward Highway last weekend and saw a clean-cut nicely dressed young man hitchhiking so I decided to give him a ride. After driving several miles he finally spoke up and asked “Aren’t you the least bit concerned that I may be a serial killer?”… I replied, “No, not at all. The odds of two serial killers in the same car at the same time is extremely unlikely”..
Flippin’ awesome!
Best Comment in a long long time. Thanks!
Well played.
The Troopers and ANC Police have the Glenn Hwy 100% covered – targeting the hard working, tax paying commuters.
Law enforcement is about revenue generation – if it doesn’t generate revenue, they could care less.
I.E. the homeless problem, no money to be made, so they “stick it” to the hard working tax payers
Bwaaahaaahaaahaahaa.
No. At least as far as state statutes and state traffic regulations are concerned.
Can’t say much about munincipal ordinances and city fines though.
Traffic enforcement on the state side is a financial losing matter all day long and twice on Sunday. Very, very few Trooper’s tickets generate enough gross revenue to cover their salaries much less the wear and tear on their vehicles, mileage, etc.
Alaska state traffic fines are a joke, go run a red light in CA, MN, or IL if you want to find out about heavy fines…or go through certain 48er towns that have speed cameras set up on the highway.
The average patrol Troop writes just fewer than a hundred tickets A YEAR. They’re doing other stuff like responding to calls for service, writing reports, testifying in court, or any one of a hundred other things that are required…proactive stuff goes right out the window.
Oh, and what happens if you don’t pay a speeding ticket? Most of them go to collections, the SOA stopped doing traffic warrants decades ago.
No, traffic enforcement really is about public safety and nothing more. Pretty simple stuff, obey the limit, stop at the stop signs, don’t illegally pass, stay away from traffic packs when you can, etc…just don’t drive like an a**, don’t be a jerk if you get pulled over, and keep your equipment in order.
No, traffic enforcement is a poor financial investment; bad business but good public policy.
Plenty of money made off the homeless. That’s why we have so many of them. Meg Zalatel comes to mind…
That ought to bring the last of the tourists to town. Before the secret new state laws no one knows about takes effect. Datidotdeeedaw.
Then you would have to admit that organized gangstalking is being conducted in the state. Vigilantes playing police cause more disruption than needed!
These are not the droids you’re looking for.
Wesley Snipes wants the same deal.
And neither was Robert “The Butcher Baker” Hansen a “serial killer” in the beginning of his career. Of course the cops are going to downplay this as they don’t want to create panic or most importantly, suggest the public to do the right thing – arm themselves and maintain condition Yellow while out and about in the community. Don’t be a victim.
This. Nobody warned us girls about that madman. They knew he existed, even when they didn’t know who he was. Lives were lost. I doubt they have changed tactics since then.
Remember the last time they said this and it totally was a serial killer and they knew it. It was about 6 years ago.
What a bunch of Bravo Sierra. My neighborhood here in eagle river is turning into drug village! Its plain as day and night! There was a shooting at the drug cartel duplex here on Borealis at 12 am in May and apd said on dispatch that it was an isolated incident. BS, Not a peep on the local news. This has been going on for at least a year. A officer lives 3 doors down and there is no evidence? Maybe if everyone and I mean everyone would get off there stinking phones and computers and look up and look around we and apd could see that there is allot going on around here that is plain as the nose on my face!
IT AINT GOOD
And no mention of the 2 women found dead in a car in an apparent murder in Trapper Creek. Yup ,sure, makes complete sense
The troopers? Investigate? Right. Aren’t these the guys ‘investigating’ Marian Beck, where there were a couple of videos showing what she did? If they take months to investigate a crime caught on multiple videos, imagine how long a serial killer case could take. He’ll be dead and buried before they figure out who he is.
Good news is serial killing rules apparently don’t apply if one is gainfully employed in Alaska’s thriving dead-baby industry.
That good ol’ source of info: WIKIPEDIA- “A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three murders, others extend it to four or lessen it to two.”
OR
From the United States Congress, titled: Protection of Children from Sexual Predator Act of 1998 (Title 18, United States Code, Chapter 51, and Section 1111). This law includes a definition of serial killings:
The term ‘serial killings’ means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors.
OR
From the National Institute of Justice, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, according to which serial murder involves at least two different murders that occur “over a period of time ranging from hours to years.”
Take your pick.
Hearing about the numerous bodies that have turned up near/around Beluga Point and at Thunderbird Falls over the 7 years I’ve lived in Alaska, it wasn’t hard to connect the dots.
2016. James Dale Ritchie killed at least five individuals within Anchorage.
Through ballistics, Ritchie’s Colt Python was connected with four crime scenes that include two double homicides, one homicide and the attempted murder of a police officer. The victims include:
Brianna Foisy, 20, and Jason Netter Sr., 41: shot and killed on July 3, 2016, along a bike path near Ship Creek, west of N Post Road and Viking Drive, east of Anchorage. Coordinates: 61°13′21.3″N 149°51′37.8″W
Treyveon-Kindell Bobby Dwayne Thompson, 21: shot and killed on Bolin Street on July 29, 2016, in East Anchorage. Coordinates: 61°13′14.0″N 149°43′10.1″W
Kevin S. Turner, 34, and Bryant C. De Husson, 25: shot and killed on August 28, 2016, at Valley of the Moon Park, in Downtown Anchorage. Coordinates: 61°12′16.2″N 149°53′27.9″W
Officer Arn Salao, 38:[21] shot and wounded on November 12, 2016, at 5th Street and Cordova Street, in Downtown Anchorage. Salao and Sergeant Marc Patzke returned fire and killed Ritchie.
Anyone else here remember that summer when APD went on record that none of these murders were ‘believed’ to be ‘connected’, until they were?
I do.
Pepperidge Farms remembers
If it’s from the government you can’t trust them.
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