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Zaiden Young

Case from Anchorage, AK dated May 13, 2015

Victim Details

Zaiden Young

Male

Black / African American

Anchorage

AK

2015-05-13

4

Zaiden

Young

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/28/2026

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Black / African American male Zaiden Young, 4, was discovered on May 13, 2015, inside his family's south Anchorage apartment after a worried relative came by around midday and called police. Officers found four people dead at the residence on the 500 block of East 74th Avenue: the 4-year-old, his 27-year-old mother Desiree Gonzalez, his 17-month-old sister Zarielle, and his 24-year-old father Curtis Young III. The cluster of deaths immediately drew an intensive response, with investigators secur ...
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  • Father of woman slain in apparent South Anchorage murder-suicide ...
  • APD says 4 Anchorage deaths likely a murder/suicide
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