Deaths

Naneng’s former boyfriend, 24-year-old Edward Atcherian, has been charged with second-degree murder for Naneng’s death and is currently being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel.

Troopers said the man has been identified as 37-year-old Benjamin Edmund, and that they were notified on the evening of July 9 that the body had been discovered floating in a slough near the community at the mouth of the Yukon River.

Edward Atcherian, 24, faces second-degree murder charges after police officers found a deceased woman in a residence during a welfare check on the evening of Sunday, July 6.

Rudolf Waska, 32, was initially charged with second-degree murder and a string of other felony charges for the 2021 death of 39-year-old Brian Agwiak. The case remains open for Waska’s alleged accomplice in the crime, 38-year-old Darren Hootch.

Forrest Jenkins, 68, was initially arrested for the hit and run incident in Nov. 2024, hours after responders found 48-year-old Jesse Frank on the side of Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway near the Bethel airport.

Seventeen-year-old James J. McMillen died in Bethel after police say a snowmachine he was driving sank in a pond and he was unable to swim to safety late Saturday evening (May 3).

Twenty-six-year-old Fredrick Abraham pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after initially being charged with second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Joan Camille in March 2024 near the lower Yukon River community.

Troopers said they were notified in the early morning hours of March 30 that 27-year-old Peter Joseph had passed away from his injuries after an accident that occurred near the coastal village of Kongiganak.

Twenty-eight-year-old Allen Amik faces two counts of second-degree murder and two felony counts of tampering with physical evidence for allegedly killing 27-year-old Kari Nicholai and attempting to clean up the scene.

Troopers said that 74-year-old Sophie Mann was located deceased on the morning of March 1 after reportedly leaving her home without adequate gear the prior evening.