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Do you know who murdered Desiree Lekanoff?
A Caucasian/White, Desiree Michelle Lekanoff, age 22, female, vanished from Anchorage in late 2001, slipping out of sight in the long subarctic winter. Reported missing by her boyfriend after she was last seen on November 24, 2001, her absence stretched from days to months as friends and family waited for any trace. What followed would be a sorrowful, painstaking search that crossed seasons and tested a city's resolve.
On June 18, 2003, a family walking along the Turnagain Arm shoreline ...Read More
A Caucasian/White, Desiree Michelle Lekanoff, age 22, female, vanished from Anchorage in late 2001, slipping out of sight in the long subarctic winter. Reported missing by her boyfriend after she was last seen on November 24, 2001, her absence stretched from days to months as friends and family waited for any trace. What followed would be a sorrowful, painstaking search that crossed seasons and tested a city's resolve.
On June 18, 2003, a family walking along the Turnagain Arm shoreline ...Read More
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Desiree Lekanoff
December 14, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Anchorage
AK
2003-06-18
2003-06-18
22
Desiree
Lekanoff
11/11/2025
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I’ve been following Desiree Michelle Lekanoff’s case, and something that real... ...Read More
01/25/2024
I’ve been following Desiree Michelle Lekanoff’s case, and something that real... ...Read More
01/25/2024
I can't stop thinking about the timeline of when Desiree went missing in December 2001 and when her ... ...Read More
09/02/2023
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