Cold Cases in Alaska
ColdCaseIndex documents 6 cold cases in Alaska, spanning 1971–2020. 3 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Florence Okpealuk
Florence Okpealuk, a 33-year-old Inupiaq mother originally from Wales, Alaska, was last seen on August 31, 2020, leaving a tent on West Beach about one to two miles outside Nome. Only her shoes, sock and jacket were reco
Israel Keyes Victims
Serial killer Israel Keyes murdered at least 3 people but is suspected of killing 11 or more across the US. He pre-planned murders using buried 'kill kits.' He died by suicide in jail.
Erin Marie Gilbert
Erin Marie Gilbert, a 24-year-old Anchorage nanny, vanished from the Girdwood Forest Fair in Girdwood, Alaska, on July 1, 1995, while on a first date. Her date told authorities he left her at his stalled car to seek help
Sophie Sergie
University of Alaska student Sophie Sergie was found murdered in a campus dormitory bathtub. DNA genealogy identified Steven Downs in 2019, 26 years after the crime.
Eklutna Annie
Eklutna Annie is the name given to an unidentified young woman whose body was found on July 17, 1980, in a shallow grave near Eklutna Lake Road outside Anchorage, Alaska. Serial killer Robert Hansen pleaded guilty to her
Robert Hansen Victims
Robert Hansen was an Anchorage baker who abducted women, flew them to remote Alaska wilderness, and hunted them. He confessed to 17 murders and was convicted in 1984. He died in prison in 2014. Some of his victims were n