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Troopers arrest man on murder charge in North Pole boy's death

Alaska State Troopers said they arrested a 27-year-old man Thursday on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 4-year-old boy.

Troopers identified the man arrested as Christopher Sadowski of North Pole. He was taken to the Fairbanks Correctional Center, troopers said.

On May 5, troopers said they got a report at about 3 a.m. of an unresponsive 4-year-old at a North Pole home. The boy, whom troopers did not identify, was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by emergency room staff.

The Alaska Bureau of Investigation has been investigating the boy's death since May. On Aug. 5, the State Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a homicide, troopers said.

Additional details were not immediately available Thursday evening.

Tegan Hanlon

Tegan Hanlon was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News between 2013 and 2019. She now reports for Alaska Public Media.

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