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#58- Sophie Sergie: A Cold Case Cracked
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The tragic 1993 murder of 20-year-old Alaskan native Sophie Sergie went unsolved for over 25 years, until advances in forensic genealogy led investigators to a former UAF student named Steven H. Downs—who had been living thousands of miles away.
We’re covering Sophie’s final hours, the evidence left behind, the path to identifying a suspect, Downs’ arrest more than 25 years later, and the 2022 trial that finally attempted to answer the question Sophie’s family had been asking for decades: Who killed Sophie Sergie?
Sources:
Podcast: Dark Downeast Sophie Sergie part 1 and 2
Podcast: DNA ID Sophie Sergie part 1 and 2
https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/092722-Downs.html
https://fm.kuac.org/sophie-sergie-murder-case
Article “Death in Bartlett Hall” By Michael Kern
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/cold-case-review-finds-new-lead-1993-slaying/2009/04/26/](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/cold-case-review-finds-new-lead-1993-slaying/2009/04/26/)
https://medium.com/@robinbarefield76/murder-in-a-college-dorm-806c6170496b
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