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Lester Hegland

Death by Force
Case Description
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White/Caucasian male Lester “Les” Hegland, age 63, lived with his wife Florence in the tiny, snowbound community of McCarthy, Alaska, where just a couple dozen people wintered in scattered cabins and met each Tuesday at the airstrip for the mail plane. On March 1, 1983, that routine turned lethal. As neighbors gathered near the runway, a 39-year-old Anchorage man, Louis D. Hastings—an out-of-work computer programmer—opened fire with a. 223-caliber Ruger Mini-14. In the sudden chaos that ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Lester Hegland

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Mccarthy

    AK

    1983-03-01

    63

    Lester

    Hegland

    Yes

    11/18/2025

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