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Native American / Indigenous. On January 13, 2013, Melvin Kosbruk, a 28-year-old male from Anchorage, was found dead inside the apartment he shared with his 67-year-old roommate, Gary Erwin, in the 500 block of Irwin Street. They were discovered by the landlord after a worried family member requested a welfare check, and Anchorage Police opened a double-homicide investigation under case number 13-1972.
In the immediate aftermath, detectives withheld the cause of death from public release ...Read More
Native American / Indigenous. On January 13, 2013, Melvin Kosbruk, a 28-year-old male from Anchorage, was found dead inside the apartment he shared with his 67-year-old roommate, Gary Erwin, in the 500 block of Irwin Street. They were discovered by the landlord after a worried family member requested a welfare check, and Anchorage Police opened a double-homicide investigation under case number 13-1972.
In the immediate aftermath, detectives withheld the cause of death from public release ...Read More
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Melvin Kosbruk
December 14, 2022
Male
Native American / Indigenous
Anchorage
AK
2013-01-13
2013-01-13
28
Melvin
Kosbruk
11/08/2025
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