Do you know who murdered Russell Matt? On December 12, 2020, in East Anchorage, Alaska, Russell Matt—male, 56; was found dead inside a residence on the 1200-block of Boston Street shortly after noon. Officers responding around 12:10 p.m. saw enough at the scene to escalate the case, and detectives called in the Crime Scene Team while awaiting the Medical Examiner's formal determination.
By that evening, investigators announced they were treating the death as a homicide, noting the adult male victim had died from trauma to the body.
Two days later, after next-of-kin notifications were complete, police publicly identified the victim as 56-year-old Russell Matt and emphasized that the circumstances pointed to an isolated incident rather than a broader threat to the neighborhood. The department published the case number—20-39031—and appealed for surveillance footage or tips from anyone in the area. Those early releases did not describe a suspect, a motive, or the specific nature of the injuries beyond “trauma to the body.”
Publicly available summaries that followed reiterated the essentials: Anchorage police were investigating the death of Russell Matt as a homicide, the attack occurred inside a home on Boston Street, and no arrests had been made in the immediate aftermath. Community posts echoing the police bulletins continued to ask for information that might identify who was responsible. No subsequent official updates naming a suspect or announcing an arrest appear in the record, leaving the case publicly unresolved on those points.
