Mark Dease Coulthurst

Murdered

In early September 1982, Mark Coulthurst, a 28-year-old fisherman from Blaine, Washington, arrived in Craig, Alaska, aboard his state-of-the-art 58-foot fishing vessel, the Investor. Accompanied by his pregnant wife, Irene, their two young children, and four teenage deckhands, Mark was in town for the final days of the commercial fishing season. On the evening of September 5, the Coulthurst family attended a birthday celebration for Mark at a local restaurant near the docks. They returned to the ...Read More

Front Page Detectives: 8 people were murdered aboard an Alaskan fishing ship. While it's the state's most famous mass killing, it's also unsovled.

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