The callertold police the memory card was found layingin the middle of the street in the Fairview neighborhood of Anchorage. Published: Jul. Murder of Eklutna Annie - Wikipedia At one June hearing, shortly before she resigned, the public defender noted she was working a double case load. Anchorage police say theyve arrested a man for the murder of a woman whose body had been dumped a week ago on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage. Anchorage police identified thesecond victim as Veronica Abouchuk. In 2011 and 2012, Ritchie was named to the President's List at Blue Mountain Community College in Weyers Cave, in western Virginia, according to school documents obtained by Alaska Dispatch News. Could a bigger prize and more races boost interest? Eklutna Annie is the name given to an unidentified murder victim whose body was discovered in a wooded area, one mile south of South Eklutna Lake Road in Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska, in July 1980. Legal Statement. The Alaska Public Defender Agencys longtime director, Quinlan Steiner, announced his resignation in April. The womans body was found last week along the Seward Highway south of the city. As of Oct. 9, police said they were still working with the state medical examiner to determine her identity and contact her next of kin. In January 2013, an associate professor wrote a letter of recommendation for Ritchie, who was apparently applying for an internship. Together, the homicides pose a question for Anchorage: What made 2016 so deadly? The domestic violence-related cases range from amother accused of suffocating her infant daughter,to a man accused of fatally shootinghis son-in-law. Reporter Jeff Parrott contributed to this story. The race is on: What to know about the 2023 Iditarod, No injuries in downtown Anchorage commercial building collapse. Paula Zorawski,answered her front dooronly to be shot in the face by people, Anchorage police believe, were hoping to rob her son of marijuana. Read about our approach to external linking. But they are working to build a case meeting the evidence threshold that would allow for prosecution, Markiewicz said. He was unable to "remember whether she was a prostitute or [a] dancer", although he did state he believed she was from Kodiak, Alaska. An economic thing happening? After human remains were found along a highway just south of Anchorage two days after the memory card was found, police were able to start putting pieces together. As Merritt approachedAndrew Robertson-Goughnor, police said, Robertson-Goughnor shot him. Alaskas public defenders have argued for the past two years that rising caseloads and tight budgets are straining their ability to fulfill their constitutional obligation to represent their clients. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Content Warning: This article contains information that might be difficult for some readers. or redistributed. The graphic videos show a woman being strangled and a mans voice saying justdie, the Associated Press reported. She had hit the wall, an acting supervisor later told the judge. [4][7][n 1], Eklutna Annie's body was markedly decomposed, indicating her death had occurred months prior.