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Do you know who stabbed Kathy Morris and Jerry Elrod to death?
Caucasian/White, male, age 21. In the early hours of October 1, 1983, 21-year-old Jerry Elrod was found slain alongside 23-year-old Kathy Morris inside her apartment on Slater Drive in Fairbanks, Alaska. Both had been stabbed; the scene made clear the violence came to them at home. The double homicide shocked a community used to long winters and close ties, and from the outset detectives treated it as a deliberate attack that unfolded behind a familiar door.

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