Crime & Courts

Police: Man’s death in East Anchorage camp was a homicide

Update, 1:10 p.m. Tuesday: Police on Tuesday identified the man who died in last week’s East Anchorage homicide as Reid Labeck, 49. Next of kin has been notified.

Original story:

Anchorage police on Friday said a man found dead Thursday night in a wooded camp off DeBarr Road in Muldoon was the victim of homicide.

Officers responded just before 8:45 p.m. to a citizen report of a deceased person, police said. They found the man with signs of trauma to his body.

No additional information was immediately available.

Homicide detectives and the APD crime scene team are conducting the investigation.

Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call 3-1-1.

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