James Conrad Gelvin

Death by Force

James Conrad Gelvin was a 48-year-old man from the Interior Alaska community of Circle. On January 2, 2025, amid the deep isolation of sub-Arctic territory, his life met a tragic, violent end. He had lived in a shared cabin—simple, remote, frozen by the harsh cold of winter. It was there, just outside its doorway, where the 48-year-old man's fate would be sealed.

That afternoon, the two men who shared the cabin—James, described as calm and capable, and his 26-year-old cabinmate, a y ...Read More

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