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Emmonak Man Beaten To Death On New Year’s Day

Michael Redfox of Emmonak has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for beating and strangling his girlfriend.

A man in Emmonak was beaten to death on New Year’s Day. Troopers found 39-year-old Brian Agwiak deceased in his home. 

According to a trooper dispatch, 27-year-old Rudolf Waska, also of Emmonak, assaulted Agwiak until he was unconscious, and then continued to assault him. Agwiak died a short time after the assault.

Waska is being charged with assault and murder. He is currently being held on $100,000 bail.

 

Greg Kim was a news reporter for KYUK from 2019-2022.