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On November 29, 1999, Native American / Indigenous, Henry Ongtowasruk, a 30-year-old male, was found dead in his small room at the Budget Motel in Anchorage after the manager checked on him. Police determined he had been strangled. The discovery ended a brief period during which he had been living at the motel, and detectives preserved the physical evidence from the scene, as is standard in Anchorage homicide investigations.
For years, there were no arrests. Then, in early 2014, investig ...Read More
On November 29, 1999, Native American / Indigenous, Henry Ongtowasruk, a 30-year-old male, was found dead in his small room at the Budget Motel in Anchorage after the manager checked on him. Police determined he had been strangled. The discovery ended a brief period during which he had been living at the motel, and detectives preserved the physical evidence from the scene, as is standard in Anchorage homicide investigations.
For years, there were no arrests. Then, in early 2014, investig ...Read More
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Henry Ongtowasruk
December 14, 2022
Male
Native American / Indigenous
Anchorage
AK
1999-11-29
1999-11-29
30
Henry
Ongtowasruk
yes
11/09/2025
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