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.
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.
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 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.
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)
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.
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.
Trial of Mechele Linehan won't be delayed
One key witness has vanished and another is reluctant to testify, but the murder trial of ex-stripper Mechele Linehan will move forward, Superior Court Judge Philip Volland ordered Thursday.
Witness jeopardizes ex-stripper murder case
The opening next week of the highly anticipated murder trial of former Anchorage stripper Mechele Linehan was in jeopardy Wednesday because a key witness was refusing to testify, according to the prosecutor in the case.
Carlin trial continues with gaps in details
A Chugach Electric worker spotted Kent Leppink's body sprawled on the ground below a power line near Hope on a bright sunny morning in May 1996. At first, he thought the man in the red jacket and jeans was asleep.
Stripper asked sister to wipe computer
Melissa Hughes also testified in the murder trial of John Carlin III that her sister, Mechele Linehan, asked her immediately after the slaying to erase all the information on a laptop computer. Hughes, who knew about the slaying, refused.
Fourth lover marvels at stripper's voraciousness
Another boyfriend of a former Anchorage stripper linked to a 10-year-old fatal shooting testified Wednesday that the exotic dancer used her good looks and played the part of a damsel in distress to bilk him out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Lover says stripper cast her spell over many
The third fiance of former stripper Mechele Linehan testified Monday that he was her true love and that he considered Kent Leppink and the man accused of murdering him, John Carlin III, to be fools who threw money at the young exotic dancer trying buy her
Third fiance to describe tangled love relations
The prosecutor in the trial of a man accused of killing one of a crew of fiances of a former Anchorage stripper says he expects to call Scott Hilke to the witness stand. Hilke has said he was engaged to the woman whom both sides believe was at the center
Murder trial opens with others blamed (03/13/2007)
Murder suspect to stay in Alaska for trial (10/17/2006)
Accused killer can go home (10/21/2006)
Former stripper wanted for murder is now housewife, mother (10/05/2006)
Murder trial opens with others blamed
John Carlin was trapped in the web of a mesmerizing young stripper back in 1996 when he killed off a rival lover, the prosecution told an Anchorage jury Monday. Calling Carlin quiet, driven and smart, prosecutor Pat Gullufsen said he, of all Mechele Line
Accused killer can go home (10/21/2006)
Murder suspect returns to Alaska (10/13/20067)
Murder suspect to stay in Alaska for trial (10/17/2006)
Charges surface in cold case killing (10/04/2006)
Former stripper wanted for murder is now housewife, mother (10/05/2006)
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