Do you know who murdered Jonathon Smith?
On the morning of August 14, 2017, Jonathon Smith, a white 35-year-old male, was found shot inside a car on the 1800 block of Muldoon Circle in Anchorage. Dispatchers took the first call at 9:26 a.m. Officers arrived to a tan 2008 Chrysler 300, license plate CREEPN, and discovered a man in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head. He was rushed from the scene with life-threatening injuries.
Two days later, investigators were notified by the hospital that he had died from his injuries. In the days that followed, detectives worked to notify his family and confirm his identity, while the police cordoned off the Muldoon Circle block and appealed to neighbors and passing motorists for any surveillance footage that might show the moments before or after the shot was fired.
On August 22, 2017, authorities publicly identified the victim as Jonathon Smith, age 35. Even with the name released, officials said there were no additional investigative details available to share. The department renewed its plea for tips from the public, urging anyone with information to contact dispatch or submit anonymous information to Crime Stoppers.
Public records and contemporary reporting describe no arrests in connection with the killing, and officials did not name any suspects. The file remains documented in police bulletins as a homicide investigation from Muldoon Circle with no publicly announced resolution.
