Rona Marie Franco Hooker, a 38-year-old Alaskan Native female from North Pole, Alaska, died on December 18, 2018. She was found in a garage on Airline Drive alongside 44-year-old Tana Miller. Alaska State Troopers said the two were discovered deceased at the scene, and they did not believe anyone else was involved.
Investigators determined the deaths to be a homicide–suicide, with evidence indicating that Tana Miller fatally shot the 38-year-old female before taking his own life. Public incident logs and memorial listings note the event as a single homicide paired with a self-inflicted death in North Pole on December 18, 2018, aligning with troopers' assessment that no other suspects were sought.
In the days that followed, notices from local funeral homes confirmed the identity and age of the 38-year-old female and announced services in Fairbanks. A visitation was held on December 27, 2018, at Legacy Fairbanks Funeral Home, where military honors were rendered by the United States Air Force. Obituaries recorded her residence as North Pole and the date of death as December 18, 2018.
There were no arrests, because the suspect, Tana Miller, died at the scene. Alaska State Troopers' public statements emphasized that the case was contained to the two people found in the garage, and that investigators did not believe any additional suspects were involved.
