On June 15, 2021, 30-year-old White/Caucasian, Katy Raye Higgins, a female from Fairbanks, Alaska, was found shot to death alongside her fiancé, 32-year-old Heath Logan McCloskey, in a downtown Fairbanks location associated by police reports with the 200 block of Cushman Street. Officers were called just after 2 a.m., after a 6-year-old at the scene used an iPad to reach family members for help; an infant was also present and unharmed. Authorities publicly identified the pair and described the incident as an apparent murder-suicide.
Investigators reported that McCloskey fatally shot 30-year-old Katy Raye Higgins before turning the gun on himself. Early reporting noted the setting as McCloskey's residence and described how responding officers discovered the bodies following the child's alert. Memorial and community notices later recorded the loss of 30-year-old Katy Raye Higgins to gun violence on June 15, 2021, in Fairbanks.
Police communications and subsequent write-ups did not indicate any surviving suspect. With the identified shooter deceased at the scene, there were no arrests, and the case was treated by local authorities as a closed murder-suicide rather than an open homicide investigation seeking additional suspects.
