Michael Big-Chris Chris

On the night of January 31, 2017, Alaskan Native, Michael “Big Mike” Chris—male, age 32, stepped out of his Bethel home after telling his wife he was going to smoke a cigarette. A single gunshot cracked the winter air. His wife ran downstairs, the porch light burning, his truck door ajar, and found him on the ground outside. In the hours that followed, police described the death as a possible self-inflicted gunshot with no suspected foul play, and his body was sent to the State Medical Exa ...

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