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Emily McDonald

Case from Fairbanks, AK dated Nov 25, 2016

Victim Details

Emily McDonald

Female

White / Caucasian

Fairbanks

AK

2016-11-25

22

Emily

McDonald

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/03/2026

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White/Caucasian, female, 22-year-old Emily McDonald died on November 25, 2016, in Fairbanks, Alaska. That Friday afternoon, hotel staff at the Hampton Inn summoned first responders; a distraught man in a second-floor hallway directed officers to a nearby room, where police discovered four people dead. Among them was 22-year-old Emily McDonald, whose brief life had been closely tied to family and caregiving work in the Fairbanks community. Her obituary later marked the day she and her infant daug ...
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  • BNO News: 4 dead in shooting at Hampton Inn in Fairbanks, Alaska
  • NY Daily News: 3 adults, 1 child found shot to death inside Alaska hotel room
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