Serial Killer: Harvey Louis Carignan *Harv the Hammer* and *The Want-Ad Killer*

Victims
Laura Showalter, 57 [7/31/1949 Anchorage, AK] no picture
Dorcas Callen, survived
Virginia Piper, [7/27/1972 kidnapped]
Laura Leslie Brock, 19 [9/13/1972 Bellingham, WA]
Kathy Sue Miller, 15 [5/1/1973 Seattle, WA] picture above
Mary Townsend, 47 (survived)
Jerri Billings, 13 (survived)
Eileen Marie Hunley, 29 [8/10/1974 Shelbourn County, MN] picture above
June Lynch, 17 (survived) [9/8/1974 MN]
Lisa King, 16 (survived) [9/8/1974 MN]
Gwen Burton, (survived) [9/14/1974]
Sally Versoi, (survived) [9/18/1974]
Diane Flynn, (survived) [9/18/1974]
Kathy Schultz, 18 [9/20/1974 Isanti County, MN] picture above

*Note* Harvey Carignan died March 14, 2023 (yesterday)

Find-A-Grave: Laura Showalter
Find-A-Grave: Laura Leslie Brock
Find-A-Grave: Kathy Sue Miller
Find-A-Grave: Eileen Marie Fischer Hunley
Find-A-Grave: Katherine J “Kathy” Schultz
Harvey Carignan v United States 1950 (conviction affirmed, sentenced overturned)
Radford University profile: Harvey Louis Carignan
Murderpedia: Harvey Louis Carignan
Wikipedia: Harvey Carignan
Harvey Carignan – Famous Serial Killers
Tales of True Crime, episode 3: The Murderer Who Escaped Execution to Become a Serial Killer
Serial Killers: Harvey Carignan
Harvey Carignan – The Want-Ad Killer
Harvey Carignan
A look back at Harvey “The Hammer” Carignan, “The Want Ad Killer”
Harvey Carignan: Serial killer ‘Harvey the Hammer’ who lured women with ‘help wanted’ ads dies at 95

Podcasts
Tales of True Crime, episode 3: The Murderer Who Escaped Execution to Become a Serial Killer
The Serial Killer Podcast: Harvey Louis Carignan | Harv the Hammer

Books
The Want-Ad Killer
True Crime: American Monsters Vol. 4: 12 Horrific American Serial Killers (Serial Killers US)
Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers
Alcatraz: The last survivors

Movies/Documentaries
The Serial Killers: Harvey Carignan: Harv the Hammer
The Serial Killers

INMATE INFORMATION

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Deadly Landlords: Michael Lawson sexually assaulted, beat, strangled then set on fire by her landlord Michael Lawson, who was sentenced to 99 years in prison

Bethany Correira

Bethany Rose Correira obituary
Find-A-Grave: Bethany Rose Correira
Landlord charged in woman’s death
Lawson draws 99 years
Bethany Correira’s killer sentenced to 99 years
Michael Lawson v State of Alaska 2011 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Mystery at Bootleggers Cove
Websleuths: Guilty: AK – Bethany Correira, 21, Anchorage, 3 May 2003
Detective: ‘I Needed to Find Her’

Podcasts
Murder under the Midnight Sun
Murder under the Midnight Sun (part 2)

Books
Finding Bethany: A True Crime Memoir

Movies/Documentaries
Dateline: Mystery at Bootlegger’s Cove (can watch it here)

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Name: MICHAEL A LAWSON
Offender ID:226446
Date of Birth:04/08/1958
Age: 64
Race: White
Gender: Male
Custody Status: In Custody
Location of Offender:Spring Creek Correctional Center
Scheduled Release Date: 03/10/2073

LOCATION
Spring Creek Correctional Center
3600 Bette Cato Avenue
Seward, AK 99664
(907) 224-8200

Monsters Among Us: Erick Almandinger, along with 3 teenagers, kidnapped and killed his friend, David Grunwald

David Grunwald

Find-A-Grave: David Benjamin Grunwald
Facebook: Justice for David Grunwald, Palmer, Alaska
‘No clue’: Family of teen charged in Grunwald killing say they share public’s shock
First defendant sentenced in Palmer teen’s 2016 murder gets 45 years during emotional live-streamed hearing
Alaska man gets 99 years in execution-style killing of teen
Palmer man found guilty of murder in Fairbanks court
Defendant who helped troopers find body gets 99 years in prison for Mat-Su teen’s 2016 murder
Jury delivers guilty verdicts on all counts for first teen to face trial in Grunwald slaying
Almandinger sentenced to 99 years for murder of David Grunwald
‘I killed my friend’: Palmer resident sentenced to serve 99 years for 2016 murder of Mat-Su teen
‘Ringleader’ Sentenced to 99 Years in Prison for Murdering Friend with Help of 3 Other Teenage Boys
22-year-old Alaska man gets nearly 100 years for killing 16-year-old classmate in 2016
Last and youngest defendant in 2016 murder of Mat-Su teen sentenced to 75 years in prison
Bradley Renfro sentenced
Bradley Renfro sentenced to 105 years in Grunwald murder

Defendants
Erick Almandinger – convicted, sentenced to 99 years in prison
Dominic Johnson – convicted, sentenced to 99 years in prison
Austin Barrett – pled guilty, sentenced to 45 years in prison
Bradley Renfro – convicted, sentenced to 105 years in prison
Devin Peterson – pled guilty (accessory), sentenced to 6 years in prison

INMATE INFORMATION

ERICK M ALMANDI
Age 22
Gender Male
Race White

Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
ID Number 735350
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Mat-Su Pretrial

LOCATION
Mat-Su Pretrial
339 E. Dogwood Ave.
Palmer, AK 99645
(907) 745-0943

INMATE INFORMATION

DOMINIC JOHNSON

Age 22
Gender Male
Race White

Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
ID Number 735615
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Goose Creek Correctional Center

LOCATION
Goose Creek Correctional Center
22301 West Alsop Road
Wasilla, AK 99654
(907) 864-8100

INMATE INFORMATION

AUSTIN B BARRETT

Age 25
Gender Male
Race White

Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
ID Number 726270
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Wildwood Correctional Center
Scheduled Release Dec 08, 2046 12:00 AM AKST

LOCATION
Wildwood Correctional Center
10 Chugach Ave.
Kenai, AK 99611
(907) 260-7200

INMATE INFORMATION

BRADLEY J RENFRO
Age 21
Gender Male
Race White

Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
ID Number 735620
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Goose Creek Correctional Center

LOCATION
Goose Creek Correctional Center
22301 West Alsop Road
Wasilla, AK 99654
(907) 864-8100

INMATE INFORMATION

Name: DEVIN LEE PETERSON
Register Number: 19906-006
Age: 24
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Release Date: 08/18/2023
Located At: FCI Herlong
(He is in federal custody)

Cold Case: Steven Downs raped and killed University of Alaska Fairbanks student Sophie Sergie; Sentenced to 75 years in prison

Sophie Sergie

Find-A-Grave: Sophie Sergie
Case of the Month: Sophie Sergie
Sophie Sergie Murder Original Story
25 years after Sophie Sergie was found dead in a UAF bathtub, Maine man charged with murder
Suspect in Sophie Sergie killing arraigned in Fairbanks on Wednesday
Maine man seeks dismissal of DNA evidence in Alaska rape and murder case
Aunt’s DNA Helped Track Down An Accused In 25-Year Old Murder Case
The jury finds Steven Harris Downs guilty of the murder and sexual assault of Sophie Sergie
Man found guilty 29 years after woman found dead in Alaska college dorm bathtub
Sophie Sergie cold case murder trial ends and goes to jur
Steven Downs found guilty in 29-year-old murder case
Fairbanks jury finds Steven Downs guilty in Sophie Sergie’s 1993 murder, sexual assault at UAF dorm
Steven Downs sentenced to 75 years in prison for 1993 rape and murder of Sophie Sergie at Alaska college dorm
Steven Downs sentenced to 75 years for 1993 murder of Sophie Sergie in his Alaska college dorm
Former Alaska College Student Sentenced to Three Quarters of a Century Behind Bars for 1993 Rape and Murder in Dorm

INMATE INFORMATION

STEVEN H DOWNS
Age 47
Gender Male
Race White

ID Number 749177
Custody Status Date Aug 10, 2019 02:59 PM AKDT
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Fairbanks Correctional Center

LOCATION
Fairbanks Correctional Center
1931 Eagan St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 458-6700

Monsters Among Us: Kirby Foleni Calderwood charged with the kidnapping and murder of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane

Anesha “Duffy” Murnane

Facebook: Bring Duffy Home
Missing Homer woman presumed dead
Utah man charged with abduction, murder of Homer woman missing since 2019
Neighbors learn man in Ogden allegedly hiding from 2019 Alaska murder case
Ogden man charged with kidnapping, murder of missing woman in Alaska
Police arrest man in murder, kidnapping of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane.
Utah Man Arrested for 2019 Murder of Woman in Alaska After Tipster Alleges He Kept a Trophy from Her Brutal Torture and Killing
Man Arrested For Allegedly Torturing, Murdering Missing Alaska Woman Declared Dead
Utah man accused of creating torture chamber before kidnapping and killing missing Alaska woman

INMATE INFORMATION

Psycho For Love: Pius Teeluk charged with the strangulation murder of his girlfriend, Marie Unok in the village of Kotlik, AK

Marie Unok

Facebook: Marie Unok
Kotlik man strangled girlfriend after she called 911 to report threats, murder charges say
SME Determines Kotlik Woman, Marie Unok was Strangled to Death on Thursday, Boyfriend Arrested
Man faces murder charge in death of Kotlik woman
Woman in Rural Alaska Found Dead 13 Hours After 911 Call Reporting Man’s Threats; Weather Delayed Responders
Woman found strangled in Kotlik, boyfriend arrested for murder
Boyfriend Allegedly Killed Alaskan Woman After Weather Delayed Police Response To Emergency Call
Facebook: Pius Teeluk

INMATE INFORMATION

PIUS C TEELUK
Age 44
Gender Male
Race American Indian/Alaska Native

ID Number 501559
Custody Status Date Mar 12, 2022 07:41 PM AKST
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center

LOCATION
Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center
Pouch 400
Bethel, AK 99559
(907) 543-5245

REPORTING AGENCY
Alaska Department of Corrections
550 West 7th Avenue
Suite 1800
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-7384

Monsters Among Us: Former cop, Matthew Clay Owens shot Sonya Ivanoff in the head; Sentenced to 101 years in prison

Sonya Ivanoff

Find-A-Grave: Sonya Dora Nitcuk Ivanoff
Nome police must work to regain trust after officer charged with murder
Ex-police officer on trial in Alaska killing
A Missing Woman’s Case Is Re-Examined 18 Years Later in Evil in Alaska
Matthew C. Owens v State of Alaska 2010 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Owens’ Murder Conviction Stands
‘I Believe He Was Gonna Kill Again’: Alaska Cop Murders Native Girl, Then Stages Attack On Himself

Podcasts
104. Cold Justice: Sonya Ivanoff

Movies/Documentaries
The Face of Evil: Seeds of Death
Fatal Frontier: Evil in Alaska

INMATE INFORMATION

MATTHEW C OWENS
Age 46
Gender Male
Race White

Ethnicity Non-Hispanic
ID Number 487933
Custody Status Date May 08, 2018 01:06 PM AKDT
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail US Federal Bureau of Prisons
Book Date Jun 16, 2005 12:00 AM AKDT
Scheduled Release Aug 07, 2072 11:00 PM AKST

LOCATION
US Federal Bureau of Prisons

Cold Case: Donald F. McQuade charged with the 1978 murder of Shelley Connolly due to DNA and genetic geneology

Shelley Connolly

Find-A-Grave:: Shelley Connolly
Anchorage Cold Cases: Mother of teen murdered in 1978 still searches for answers
Details about Gresham suspect emerge from 1978 Alaska cold case
Oregon man arrested, charged with teen’s murder in 41-year-old Anchorage cold case
Must Read Alaska: Cold case arrest in Shelley Connolly murder
Arrest made regarding 41 year old cold case murder of Shelley Connolly
Arrest made in cold case murder of Shelley Connolly
Oregon man arrested in 1978 cold-case murder of Alaska teen, authorities say

INMATE INFORMATION

DONALD F MCQUADE
Age 63
Gender Male
Race White

ID Number 273300
Custody Status Date Oct 20, 2019 11:42 PM AKDT
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail Anchorage Correctional Complex

LOCATION
Anchorage Correctional Complex
1400 East 4th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-4100

REPORTING AGENCY
Alaska Department of Corrections
550 West 7th Avenue
Suite 1800
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-7384

The Investor Murders: The biggest unresolved murder case in Alaska history – 8 people were murdered aboard The Investor boat

The Coulthurst Family

Victims
Mark Coulthurst, 28
Irene Coulthurst, 28
Kimberly Coulthurst, 5
John Coulthurst, 4
Michael Stewart, 19
Jerome Keown, 19
Dean Moon, 19
Chris Heyman, 19

Lot At Sea: Remembering the Victims of the F/V Investor Murders
After a Two-Year Manhunt Police Arrest a Suspect in Alaska’s Brutal Fishing Boat Murders
Suspect had worked on boat where 8 died in ’82
New Witness to Testify in Alaska’s Costliest Case
Ex-Crewman Acquitted in 8 Boat Killings in 1982
8 killed in 1982 Investor murders remembered in Blaine exhibit
A Look Back At Alaska’s Worst Unsolved Mass Murder
Cold Case – Alaska’s Worst Unsolved Mass Murder
33 years later, a tribute for slain family members
Fisherman Settles Case Over Trials In Slayings — Man Gets $900, 000; State Admits No Wrongdoing

Movies/Documentaries
People Magazine Investigates: Murder at Sea

John Kenneth Peel (acquitted at trial)

Deadly Neighbors murder-suicide: After 2 years of feuding, Fred Heilman shot & killed Michael Zagars, then killed himself after a standoff with police

East Porcupine Trail

Find-A-Grave: Michael Lawrence Zagars, Sr
Families rocked by deadly shooting, standoff
Fatal feud highlights law officers’ dilemma
Wasilla man suspected in killing shoots self
Dog dispute results in Wasilla murder
Fatal Encounters: Fred D. Heilman Jr. (4271)

Movies/Documentaries
Fear Thy Neighbor: Feud on the Frontier