Alaska Girl Was Killed, Sexually Assaulted by Man in 2018, and Relatives Say He Abused Them Too

Ashley Johnson-Barr.Photo: Kotzebue Police Department An Alaska man pleaded guilty this week to first-degree murder and first-degree sexual abuse of a minor in the death of a 10-year-old girl who was abducted from a park in 2018. Peter Vance Wilson’s guilty plea Monday came after he entered an agreement with the State of Alaska. He had initially pleaded not guilty. Wilson was accused of the murder and sexual assault of Ashley Johnson Barr, who disappeared near Rainbow Park in the Iñupiat town of Kotzebue at about 5:30 p.

Alaska Man and His Dog Walk the Distance of a Lap Around the Earth in 8 Years: 'It's Remarkable'

Photo: Alaska’s News Source/YouTubeAn Anchorage man and his dog share a special bond — spanning the distance of the planet.Mike Mitchell and his dog, Chance, started their “miraculous connection” when the Alaska native found theShih Tzuthrough a Craigslist ad on his 60th birthday. For the past eight years, the 68-year-old and Chance have walked a total of 24,901 miles together, which adds up to enough miles to complete a full lap around Earth.

Alaska Man Charged With Murder After Memory Card Found in Street Allegedly Shows Woman's Killing

Photo: Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News/AP A 48-year-old man in Alaska who police believe brutally beat and killed a woman and videotaped it has been charged with first-degree murder. Brian Steven Smith was taken into custody Tuesday in the death of 30-year-old Kathleen J. Henry. Henry’s remains were found near a highway south of Anchorage on Oct. 2. Smith was arrested after a woman called Anchorage police on Sept. 30 informing them that she found an SD card in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood containing videos of a woman being strangled.

Alaska Man Filmed His Own Drowning on Glacial Lake, Authorities Say

Glacier Bay in Alaska.Photo: Linda Garrison A man unintentionally filmed himself drowning in a glacial lake in Alaska, authorities say. “The recording continued showing that the kayak overturned due to a strong current coming from the glacier,” Troopers spokesperson Tim DeSpain said in an emailto ABC News on Tuesday.The helmet with the GoPro camera footage was found on the shore of Mendenhall Lake — which is next to Mendenhall Glacier — and handed to Alaska State Troopers on Monday, DeSpain told the outlet.

Alaska Man Misses Out on Heart Transplant Due to Winter Storm

Photo: CNN/YouTube Patrick Holland received a call last Thursday from Seattle’s University of Washington Medical Center saying that they found a heart donor match for him. The native Alaskan, who was suffering from congestive heart failure, had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he heard the news. “It was terrifying news to hear that I was going to get a transplant, to be honest with you,” Holland, 56, toldCNN This Morning.