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Riba Dewilde

Case from Tok, AK dated Nov 26, 2016

Victim Details

Riba Dewilde

Female

Alaskan Native

Tok

AK

2016-11-26

51

Riba

Dewilde

Yes

07/10/2026

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Riba DeWilde, a 51-year-old female Alaska Native artist from Tok, Alaska, was found dead on November 26, 2016, in the remote home where she lived and worked, crafting intricate pieces from bone, fur, and other materials gathered in the Interior. Known within Alaska's art community and cherished by a large extended family, she had moved to Tok years earlier after a childhood and early adulthood lived along the Koyukon River country, raising six children and practicing a subsistence life that fed ...
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  • Riba Dewilde – Disability Day of Mourning
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: 21-year-old Tok man faces murder charges in Alaska artist's death
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    Has anyone looked into the history between Riba and Eli before this tragedy unfolded? I feel like un... ...Read More
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