Joseph Kimler

Murdered
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On May 3, 1982, in Anchorage, Alaska, 19-year-old Joseph Dean Kimler and three friends—Vern Sylvester, 19; Sabrina Imlach, 16; and Rebecca Phillips, 16—were camping in Russian Jack Springs Park. Their evening took a tragic turn when Charles Louman Meach III, armed with a .38-caliber revolver, approached their campsite with the intent to steal. Upon being discovered by Kimler, Meach shot him in the back of the head. He then proceeded to fatally shoot Sylvester and the two girls as they arrive ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Joseph Kimler

    Male

    Anchorage

    AK

    1982-05-03

    19

    Joseph

    Kimler

    Yes

    11/19/2024

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    It is with great sadness that I must inform you all that Joseph Kimler was tragically murdered on Ma... ...Read More
    02/05/2023
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