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Feb 13, 2024 · Brian Steven Smith, a 52-year-old South African native, is standing trial after pleading not guilty to 14 charges, including first and second-degree murder, sexual assault, and tampering with evidence, in the deaths of two Alaska Native women, Veronica Abouchuk, 52, and Kathleen Henry, 30.
- Beth Hemphill
- The E.W. Scripps Company
- Head of Court TV Digital News
Jul 13, 2024 · Brian Smith, the Anchorage resident convicted in February of killing two women, was sentenced to 226 years in prison Friday. In an Anchorage courtroom packed with family members, advocates and...
Feb 22, 2024 · A jury found Brian Steven Smith guilty of the murders of 30-year-old Kathleen Jo Henry and 52-year-old Veronica Abouchuk, two Native Alaska women who died on Sep. 4, 2019, and August 2018, respectively.
Jul 15, 2024 · During the eight-hour videotaped police interrogation, Smith confessed to killing Abouchuk after picking her up in Anchorage when his wife was out of town.
Jul 16, 2024 · In a statement that the jury was later told to disregard, a detective testified that he had listened to a jailhouse call between Smith and his wife in which she had asked him if he had had sex...
Feb 22, 2024 · Stephanie Bissland, sitting in the gallery, watches as her husband, Brian Steven Smith, right, is led to the defense table during Smith's murder trial on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at the Nesbett...
Feb 23, 2024 · U.S. news. Man found guilty in Alaska Native woman’s killing that was recorded on video. The jury returned a unanimous verdict against Brian Steven Smith after deliberating for less than two hours....