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Derek Welsh

Case from Wasilla, AK dated Apr 04, 2022

Victim Details

Derek Welsh

Male

White / Caucasian

Wasilla

AK

2022-04-04

32

Derek

Welsh

Yes

07/27/2026

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White/Caucasian, male, age 32. In the blue hour before dawn on April 4, 2022, neighbors near Old Matanuska Road and S. B Shannon Street in Wasilla heard the crack of gunfire and called for help. Troopers arrived around 4:39 a.m. to find 32-year-old Derek Welsh of Wasilla slumped inside his vehicle, mortally wounded by multiple gunshots. The scene was cordoned off as a homicide, and investigators from the Alaska Bureau of Investigation began piecing together what happened in those quiet, early-mo ...
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