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Joseph Peterson

Case from Ivanof Bay, AK dated Jul 17, 2016

Victim Details

Joseph Peterson

Male

White / Caucasian

Ivanof Bay

AK

2016-07-17

31

Joseph

Peterson

Yes

07/10/2026

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On the night of July 16 into the early hours of July 17, 2016, Joseph Samuel Peterson, white male, age 31, was shot inside a home in the remote Alaska Peninsula village of Ivanof Bay, roughly 500 miles southwest of Anchorage. Alaska State Troopers responding to a report of a shooting found the 31-year-old male dead at the scene, and an investigation began in a community so small and isolated that logistics complicated nearly every step. Local and state reporters described a convoluted early inqu ...
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  • KDLG: Ole Shangin arrested on murder charges related to Joseph Peterson’s death
  • After over a year, man arrested in Alaska village for murder of childhood friend
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    It's really tough to imagine the impact of losing someone in such a tight-knit and isolated communit... ...Read More
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