More than five months after one of Alaska's most notorious criminals was beaten to death in prison, state troopers have not filed charges. Court documents involving another prisoner, though, may shed some light on what happened to John Carlin, best known as the gunman in the 1996 "stripper murder."
Prison inmate Carlin beaten to death, troopers say
John Carlin, convicted of murder in the notorious stripper-mom case and awaiting the results of his appeal, died of blunt-force trauma, troopers said.
Stripper-mom's cohort dies in Seward prison
John Carlin, convicted last year in a notorious Alaska murder and serving a 99-year sentence, died under suspicious circumstances Monday night.
Linehan accomplice dead after 'foul play'
John Carlin, convicted last year of conspiring with Mechele Linehan, a former Anchorage stripper turned soccer mom, in the 1996 shooting death of Linehan's fiance, died Monday in a Seward hospital after a prison incident.
Web site set up to raise money for Linehan appeal
Friends and family of Mechele Linehan have launched a Web site where supporters who believe she was wrongfully convicted of murder by an Anchorage jury last year can buy "Free Mechele" merchandise.
Linehan adds heavy hitters to legal team
Two of Alaska's best known lawyers have filed an appeal in the high-profile case of ex-stripper Mechele Linehan, recently convicted of murdering a former roommate in 1996.
High-profile lawyers appeal Linehan conviction
Two of Alaska's best known lawyers have filed an appeal in the high profile case of ex-stripper Mechele Linehan, recently convicted of murdering a former client in 1996.
PDF: Statement of points on appeal
Verdict surprises Linehan neighbors
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A couple of neighbors who knew Mechele Linehan say they are baffled a judge sentenced her to 99 years in prison for a crime they have no doubt she didn't commit.
Just before a judge sentenced her to 99 years in prison, former stripper Mechele Linehan fought back tears and spoke for the first time in court.
When Dr. Colin Linehan's turn came to say something about his wife in an Anchorage courtroom Friday, he turned his back to the judge, faced the audience in the packed spectator section and spoke directly to the parents of the man Mechele Linehan was convicted of murdering.
Mechele Linehan, convicted of murdering a former boyfriend and client from an Anchorage strip club in 1996, is being sentenced today.
Photos: Mechele Linehan gallery
Convicted in stripper murder case, Carlin to have his say
The man convicted of pulling the trigger in a bizarre decade-old murder case centered around former exotic dancer Mechele Linehan says he wants to take the stand at his Friday sentencing and plans to tell the courtroom the victim may have planned his own death.
Linehan's sister jailed after failure to testify at trial
The sister of Mechele Linehan, convicted Monday of murder, was arrested Saturday in Atlanta and spent the weekend in custody after she was caught re-entering the U.S. from the Czech Republic.
Former stripper convicted in fiance's murder
Jurors in the murder trial of Mechele Linehan returned a guilty verdict Monday afternoon against the former exotic dancer turned PTA mother accused of conspiring to kill a fiance in 1996.
Man convicted of killing Leppink disputes testimony
Throughout the three-week murder trial of Mechele Linehan, the cast of characters included two men who never appeared in the courtroom even though their names came up as much as the defendant's.
Linehan trial moves to jury's hands
Closing arguments in the murder trial of Mechele Linehan ended Wednesday with the 35-year-old wiping tears away from her eyes and the case going to jurors to decide her fate.
Linehan won't testify in her own defense at murder trial
Mechele Linehan said Monday that she will not testify in her murder trial, leaving the defense to rest its case after only two days of testimony. Linehan was charged with first-degree murder in October 2006.
Linehan won't testify at her trial
Mechele Linehan said Monday that she will not testify in her murder trial, leaving the defense to rest its case after only two days of testimony.
In an emotional appeal from one family to another, Dr. Colin Linehan took the stand in his wife's murder trial on Thursday and told the victim's mother and brothers sitting in the courtroom that his wife had nothing to do with the killing.
Linehan trial focuses on e-mails
Were e-mails exchanged between murder victim Kent Leppink and accused killers Mechele Linehan and John Carlin evidence of a conspiracy? Or were they merely correspondence among friends?
Linehan jury sees victim's letter anticipating his own murder
Did Kent Leppink know he was going to be murdered? If so, why didn't he run away from those he thought were going to kill him? Defense attorneys asked this Monday in the murder trial of Leppink's former fiance, Mechele Linehan.
Leppink's letter predicting his own murder (includes reporter's notes)
Leppink letter raises new questions
In a bizarre letter written two days before his body, shot three times, was found near Hope in May 1996, Kent Leppink told his parents that if he turned up dead, to blame his former fiance Mechele Linehan or two prominent men in her life, John Carlin or S
Leppink's letter predicting his own murder (includes reporter's notes)
Judge says Linehan jurors won't see movie
Jurors in the murder trial of Mechele Linehan will not be sitting down with a bowl of popcorn to view "The Last Seduction," a 1994 movie about a woman who kills her husband.
Linehan trial witness caught in contradicting statements
The state called Brett Reddell to the witness stand Wednesday to tell jurors that the Mechele Linehan he dated 11 years ago was a manipulative woman who strung men along to bilk them of their money.
LINEHAN MURDER TRIAL
Old tape contradicts prosecution witness
Defense lawyers today burned a state witness called to the stand to convince jurors that Mechele Linehan was a gold digger who used men for money.
LINEHAN MURDER TRIAL
Reason offered for prints on weapon
The jury on Monday in the murder trial of Mechele Linehan heard that Linehan was present when her co-defendant washed a pistol in a bathroom sink full of bleach shortly after her fiancé was murdered in 1996.
Prosecutors say murder plot was following a movie script
Prosecutors said Thursday Mechele Linehan modeled the murder of Kent Leppink after a movie called "The Last Seduction." Now, they want the jury to watch the movie.
Linehan defense lays all blame on Carlin
John Carlin killed Kent Leppink because he made sexual advances toward Carlin's teenage son, the defense told jurors Thursday as the murder trial of Mechele Linehan opened.
Jury selection enters new stage in Linehan trial
Continuation of jury selection Tuesday reflected the complexity of the case against Mechele Linehan. The former stripper is charged with murdering her fiance, Kent Leppink, in 1996, although even prosecutors say she was probably out of state when he died.
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Murder suspect became cookie-baking volunteer
Mechele Linehan was living the life she wanted in October 2006. She had a beautiful daughter and was thinking about having more kids. She and her husband, Colin, owned a cute house in Olympia, Wash., where family members and friends gathered on holidays.
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