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Sonya Dora Ivanoff

Case from Nome, AK dated Aug 10, 2003

Victim Details

Sonya Dora Ivanoff

Female

Alaskan Native

Nome

AK

2003-08-10

19

Sonya

Dora Ivanoff

Yes

07/18/2026

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Alaskan Native Sonya Dora Ivanoff, a 19-year-old female from Unalakleet living in Nome, stepped out into the late-summer night of August 10, 2003, and vanished. Friends later told investigators she hadn't felt well and chose to walk home; within days, searchers found her in a gravel pit on the edge of town, shot once in the back of the head. The medical examiner determined the fatal round was a. 22, fired at point-blank range, and when her body was recovered she wore only a single sock—a stark ...
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  • Anchorage Daily News: Appeals court upholds murder conviction of Nome officer
  • Anchorage Daily News: From 2003: Nome police must work to regain trust after officer charged with murder
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