Police said a man was being held and will be charged with murder in the death of another man found dead with a stab wound in a West Anchorage apartment.
Updated: 18 seconds agoAnchorage police are investigating a death in Turnagain as a homicide on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Police said a man was being held and will be charged with murder in the death of another man found dead with a stab wound in a West Anchorage apartment on Sunday. Cecil A. Skipper, 33, was being held on a charge of first-degree murder after being arrested at an apartment on West 32nd Avenue near Turnagain Street.
a man was found dead in an apartment in the 2700 block of West 32nd Avenue, just east of Turnagain Street, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.Another man was being held and was taken to the police department for questioning by detectives, police wrote. “Police believe they have contacted everyone involved,” police wrote.
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