On February 22, 2022, in the river village of Tuluksak, Alaska, Male, age 73, Charles Peter was discovered lifeless outside his home. When Alaska State Troopers examined the body, they found a. 22-caliber bullet tucked beneath several layers of clothing, turning a sudden death into a homicide case that rippled through the small community along the Kuskokwim. Troopers said there was no immediate or ongoing threat to Tuluksak as they waited for the state crime lab's forensic work to come back.
By the next day, investigators had secured and served search warrants. From a local residence they seized two. 22-caliber rifles and a spent cartridge, packaging the evidence for laboratory analysis while the Alaska Bureau of Investigation pressed forward. Public safety updates and regional reporting kept the timeline clear: the body found on February 22, the warrants executed on February 23, and the quiet but urgent work of detectives and technicians in the days that followed.
A month later, the investigation reached a turn. On March 23, 2022, Alaska State Troopers charged 50-year-old Carlie Alexie with first-degree murder in the death of Charles Peter, the 73-year-old male from Tuluksak. Alexie was already in custody at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center on an unrelated domestic violence matter when the murder charge was filed, the culmination of that month-long probe into the single. 22-caliber shot that ended Peter's life. Regional outlets and statewide archives record the charge and the alleged role of the seized. 22-caliber evidence that marked the path to an arrest.
In the public record that remains, Charles Peter's name stands in gun-violence databases and local reporting alike: a 73-year-old male from Tuluksak, killed by gunfire on February 22, 2022, and a community left to absorb the loss while the courts and crime lab took their course. The arc from discovery to charge is documented, but beyond the arrest and accusation, later court outcomes are not detailed in the sources that recount his death.
