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Earl Ray Hoggard

Case from Ketchikan, AK dated Mar 30, 1974

Victim Details

Earl Ray

Male

White / Caucasian

Ketchikan

AK

1974-03-30

41

Earl

Ray Hoggard

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/19/2026

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White/Caucasian male Police Officer Earl Ray Hoggard, age 41, left home for the night shift in Ketchikan, Alaska, on March 30, 1974, carrying the routine calm of a small coastal town with him. A call came in from residents who had returned to find their apartment door ajar, a detail simple enough to suggest a misunderstanding, but unsettling enough to demand a careful look. Hoggard went with his sergeant to check it out. The threshold between hallway and home turned into an ambush: as they cross ...
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