Bonnie Craig Murder

Bonnie Craig's killer sentenced to 124 years in prison

Seventeen years after teenager Bonnie Craig was abducted from an Anchorage street, raped, beaten and left for dead in a creek along Turnagain Arm, a Superior Court judge on Monday handed down the sentence for Craig's convicted killer.

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Reward fund seeks new tips in Alaska cold-case murders

Seventeen years to the day after Anchorage teenager Bonnie Craig was found dead in McHugh Creek, and a little more than three months since a jury convicted her killer, Craig's family and the managers of an Alaska reward fund made a public plea: Help us solve other cold murder cases.

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Defendant guilty in Bonnie Craig murder

It took an Anchorage jury just hours Wednesday to find Kenneth Dion, 41, guilty of raping and killing teenager Bonnie Craig nearly 17 years ago. The conviction caps an Anchorage murder mystery that began when a hiker found Craig's body Sept. 28, 1994, in McHugh Creek.

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Bonnie Craig murder trial handed over to jurors

Nearly 17 years after a hiker found Bonnie Craig's body in frigid creek water south of Anchorage, the trial of her accused killer neared its end this week in a hot, cramped courtroom.

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Jurors see once-missing video of Bonnie Craig crime scene

Prosecutors on Thursday showed jurors a video filmed by troopers on the brisk, sunny day in 1994 that Bonnie Craig's body was found in McHugh Creek. The camera followed troopers to the top of a cliff. The lens zoomed in to a drop of blood on a light-brown leaf.

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Craig's boyfriend tells court of 'very serious' relationship

A state cold-case prosecutor called Bonnie Craig's boyfriend to the witness stand Thursday to testify about his relationship with the 18-year-old, who was found dead in McHugh Creek in 1994. Kenneth Dion, 41, is on trial, accused of raping Craig, killing her and throwing her body off a cliff.

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Defense disputes state evidence in Bonnie Craig murder case

A lawyer for Kenneth Dion, the man accused of raping and killing 18-year-old Bonnie Craig in 1994, told a jury Wednesday that Craig wasn't raped by Dion. The two had consensual sex, he said.

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Dion defense attorney attacks state's murder evidence

Kenneth Dion's defense attorney said today in his opening statement that Dion and Bonnie Craig, whom Dion is accused of raping and killing, had consensual sex elsewhere and that Craig later fell down a cliff to her death.

Prosecution says DNA points to murder suspect

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Prosecution says DNA points to murder suspect

With a jury finally seated for what's expected to be a three-week trial, a cold-case prosecutor Tuesday laid out the state's murder case against Kenneth Dion, 41, and retold the story of the long-unsolved death of Bonnie Craig.

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Defendant in Bonnie Craig murder trial wins delay

The man accused last year of the rape and murder of an Anchorage teenager in 1994 will not go to trial in September as scheduled.

Bonnie Craig's mother faces murder suspect

Bonnie Craig's mother got her first look Friday at the man charged with kidnapping, raping and killing her 18-year-old daughter 13 years ago this month.

Bail set for man charged with killing Anchorage teen

The mother of Anchorage murder victim Bonnie Craig got her first look at the man charged with kidnapping, raping and killing her 18-year-old daughter 13 years ago.

Bonnie Craig case leads to crime bill amendments

Three changes in the law suggested by the mother of murder victim Bonnie Craig were added to the omnibus crime bill making its way through the Alaska Legislature this week.

Bonnie Craig case DNA match left scientist breathless

One September day 12 years ago, forensic scientist Chris Beheim walked slowly across the dirt and rocks at McHugh Creek, looking for traces of blood at the place where Bonnie Craig's raped and beaten body was found.