Anchorage police investigate weekend homicides that left 2 men dead

A constabulary vehicle’s emergency lights flash bluish and red. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage constabulary person arrested a fishy successful 1 of 2 abstracted homicides complete nan weekend, aft he allegedly confessed to investigators.

According to a constabulary statement, 33-year-old Cecil Skipper called 911 astir 1 p.m. Sunday day from nan victim’s Spenard flat connected nan 2700 artifact of West 32nd Avenue. 

Police opportunity Skipper told dispatchers that he had murdered his “best friend,” according to a charging archive revenge against him. Responding officers recovered nan victim, who hasn’t been publically named, pinch a stab coiled to nan precocious body.

When detectives took Skipper to constabulary headquarters, he agreed to speak pinch them during an interview, nan charging archive says. Police opportunity he confessed to strangling and stabbing nan man utilizing a cord, a spoon, a weapon and his hands.

“When asked why, he said it was for nary logic different than he thought by doing truthful it would springiness him power,” constabulary wrote successful nan charges.

Skipper is facing a first-degree execution complaint and remained successful custody Monday morning.

Police are besides investigating a Mountain View shooting early Saturday that near a 2nd man dead, aft reports of shots fired astatine astir 3:15 a.m. Saturday adjacent North Bliss Street and Mountain View Drive. Officers recovered a man changeable successful nan precocious assemblage successful an alley connected nan 400 artifact of North Bliss, who died soon afterward.

In an first statement, constabulary said nary fishy accusation was disposable for release, pinch nan victim’s family still being notified. Police spokeswoman Renee Oistad said nary further updates were instantly disposable Monday morning.

“While nan motive for nan shooting is still nether investigation, accusation gathered frankincense acold indicates this is an isolated incident and not a random event,” constabulary said.

Investigators are asking anyone pinch accusation astir nan shooting aliases surveillance video from nan area to telephone constabulary astatine 311. Information tin besides beryllium submitted anonymously done Anchorage Crime Stoppers.