A white woman, age 64, named Linda Dunbar of Fairbanks, Alaska, was found dead on May 14, 2023. She lived with her husband, Wesley Dunbar, also age 64, and their daughter, Nancy Dunbar, age 36. The three were discovered during a welfare check at their home on McCarty Avenue, after someone who knew the family had not heard from them in several weeks.
When officers arrived, they found Linda, Wesley, and Nancy all deceased. The bodies appeared to have been there for some time. All three had died from gunshot wounds. A suicide note was found at the scene, and a firearm was recovered. Initial determinations by law enforcement suggested this was an apparent murder-suicide, with one individual believed to have fatally shot the others before taking their own life.
No arrests were made, because the alleged suspect—the person believed to have caused all of the deaths—is deceased. No publicly confirmed motive beyond the contents of the suicide note has been released.
