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Troy Lynn Duncan

Case from Manley Hot Springs, AK dated May 19, 1984

Victim Details

Troy Duncan

Male

White / Caucasian

Manley Hot Springs

AK

1984-05-19

34

Troy

Lynn Duncan

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/25/2026

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White/Caucasian male Troy Lynn Duncan, age 34, died on May 19, 1984, near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, during an airborne search for a suspected spree killer. A trooper based in Fairbanks, he and other Special Emergency Response Team members were closing in after spotters located the suspect along the Zitziana River. As their helicopters approached, the gunman—identified as 25-year-old drifter and Army veteran Michael Alan Silka—fired a. 30-06 rifle, a round piercing a helicopter windshield a ...
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  • Trooper Troy Lynn Duncan (1949-1984) - Find a Grave Memorial
  • A history of Alaska State Troopers' line-of-duty deaths
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