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HOMETOWN HERO: Officer Coates, Anchorage Police Department
Shout out to Officer Coates with the Anchorage Police Department who recently showed up to help someone with a flat tire along the Glenn Highway and taught 10-year-old Marley here how to get the job done. Have a Hometown Hero in your life who deserves to be recognized? Email their...
Nightly Glenn Highway Ramp Closures at Boniface for Eagle River-Bound Traffic
A quick drivers’ alert for those of you who travel on the Glenn Highway. There will be nightly ramp closures starting Friday over the coming days. The on and off ramps for Eagle River-bound Glenn Highway traffic at Boniface will be closed every night except Saturday through Tuesday, July 16.
Man Sentenced to 226 Years for Killing 2 Alaska Native Women, Filming Torture of One
Brian Steven Smith watches proceedings during the opening day of his double murder trial, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. On Friday, July 12, 2024, Smith, who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the 2019 torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies,” was sentenced to 226 years in prison. (AP File)
Man gets 226-year prison sentences for killing 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison. Brian Steven Smith was sentenced for the deaths of Kathleen Henry in 2019 and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her. Judge Kevin Saxby said their deaths were “the stuff of nightmares.” Authorities said Smith filmed Henry’s torture. His cellphone was later stolen. The person who found the images transferred them to a memory card and turned them over to police.
Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies "everybody always dies" was sentenced Friday to
Brian Smith draws 226-year sentence for killing two Alaska Native women
The Anchorage judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith on Friday gave prosecutors exactly what they asked for: a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Native women. Smith sat still, with no reaction, but the packed courtroom was charged with emotion. Even before sentencing got underway, there was a...
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