AK - Alyssa Jimenez, 28, Michael Attwood, 25, & Donna Campos, 37, murdered, Anchorage, Nov 2019

[JerseyGirl]

28-year-old Alyssa Jimenez was reportedly in the company of two now-deceased individuals over the weekend. Their bodies were reported Sunday in an unpaved subdivision just a few blocks away from where Jimenez was found and their names have now been released by troopers.

They are Michael Attwood, a 25-year-old from Big Lake, and Donna Marie Campos, a 37-year-old from Wasilla.

Troopers say the deaths are believed to be related and are "being treated as a homicide investigation."

UPDATE: Missing 28-year-old found dead near Knik Goose Bay Road

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to Alaska State Troopers, Juan Camarena, a person of interest in a triple homicide near Wasilla, called troopers on Thursday morning and arranged a meet up location in Wasilla.
Person of interest in triple homicide turns himself in to troopers

 

[imstilla.grandma]

We sat down with one woman who lives on KGB and have her story on why neighbors are concerned and want changes to be made to their neighborhood so that something like this won’t happen again.
Neighbors Concerned After KGB Triple Homicide

 

[Filly]

So essentially gangs from LA are moving to Alaska?

Three young people just gone, dead.

 

[Filly]

He's a bad dude, granny.

What's up with everybody going to Alaska? People from here have been moving there. The way they describe him being Latino? Heck that's half my neighborhood. I'm not familiar with any demographics in Alaska.

Peace to the families of those so brutally murdered.

 

[meanmaryjean]

Read an article about how Alaska has a policy of transferring excess prisoners to the Lower 48 (instead of building new prison space) and that they have basically imported gang activity in this way.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

News-Miner opinion: Alaska sent its first load of inmates to a privately run prison in the Lower 48 nearly 25 years ago and is preparing to resume the practice under a proposal by the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to alleviate crowding in the state’s correctional facilities.

It would mark a return to a system that Alaska abandoned in 2012, when it started bringing home its prisoners from Outside.

It’s a complicated subject, one in which there are competing matters of the safety of corrections officers and inmates, the potential cost savings of sending inmates Outside and the potential rehabilitative value of keeping those inmates here in Alaska, where they will be closer to family and friends.
Sending our inmates Outside?: Keeping them here at home may be best in the long run

 

[Satchie]

How does one Latino from California reflect 'LA gangs', or 'everybody' moving to Alaska?

I assume that some people in Alaska (including some of the prison population) are just as keen to try illegal drugs as pretty much everyone else in the Western world, and for the same reasons. And where there are illegal drugs, there are people who work in gangs to import and distribute it. They can't form a legitimate company and hire employees, so they rely on loyalty to a gang to keep their operations from being busted.

 

[meanmaryjean]

How does one Latino from California reflect 'LA gangs', or 'everybody' moving to Alaska?

I assume that some people in Alaska (including some of the prison population) are just as keen to try illegal drugs as pretty much everyone else in the Western world, and for the same reasons. And where there are illegal drugs, there are people who work in gangs to import and distribute it. They can't form a legitimate company and hire employees, so they rely on loyalty to a gang to keep their operations from being busted.

Mot sure who you are addressing- but the story I read (sorry- I cannot find the link) was about how the prisoners they send down the the Lower 48 are (of course) separated from even family visits- and form strong bonds with gang members while incarcerated. Gangs (culturally) represent family- and these parolees bring the structure and culture of the gang world back to AK upon their return. It was NOT that random Lower 48 gang members were coming to AK.

 

[Satchie]

Mot sure who you are addressing- but the story I read (sorry- I cannot find the link) was about how the prisoners they send down the the Lower 48 are (of course) separated from even family visits- and form strong bonds with gang members while incarcerated. Gangs (culturally) represent family- and these parolees bring the structure and culture of the gang world back to AK upon their return. It was NOT that random Lower 48 gang members were coming to AK.

I guess that might be relevant if any of the Alaskans who died had spent time in prison elsewhere in the US. But what if they hadn't? Then this theory would explain nothing, and would in fact be incorrect.

IMO it's important to wait until the actual circumstances of murder(s) are known, before forming conclusions about blame. For example, I could start posting about how Latinos are known to be jealous and hotheaded, and will kill a lover and any rivals unlike normal Alaskans, etc, etc, which would be ridiculous stereotyping without knowing the actual circumstance.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Although investigators have said the single federal charge is unrelated to the murder investigation, a memorandum filed in support of Camarena's detention reveals at least one of the rounds found in Camarena's trailer is the same caliber -- .40 -- as casings located at the murder scene in Wasilla.

In the court filing, federal prosecutors argue Camarena's "lengthy violent criminal history" and his delay in contacting authorities means "there are no conditions that can protect the community from danger and assure his appearance to future court dates."
"Person of Interest": Feds seek to hold Juan Camerena in custody

 

[meanmaryjean]

I guess that might be relevant if any of the Alaskans who died had spent time in prison elsewhere in the US. But what if they hadn't? Then this theory would explain nothing, and would in fact be incorrect.

IMO it's important to wait until the actual circumstances of murder(s) are known, before forming conclusions about blame. For example, I could start posting about how Latinos are known to be jealous and hotheaded, and will kill a lover and any rivals unlike normal Alaskans, etc, etc, which would be ridiculous stereotyping without knowing the actual circumstance.

I was just remarking about an article I read- not implying ANYthing about Latinos etc. It was a general remark about the increasing crime rate in AK in general- and how unusual a triple homicide is in specific. Please do not attribute layers of meaning to my remarks when none were implied.

 

[Satchie]

I was just remarking about an article I read- not implying ANYthing about Latinos etc. It was a general remark about the increasing crime rate in AK in general- and how unusual a triple homicide is in specific. Please do not attribute layers of meaning to my remarks when none were implied.

Okay, no problem. However, this is a crime-solving forum and off-topic posts need to be identified as such, and kept to a minimum, otherwise people will assume they are relevant to solving the case.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I was just remarking about an article I read- not implying ANYthing about Latinos etc. It was a general remark about the increasing crime rate in AK in general- and how unusual a triple homicide is in specific. Please do not attribute layers of meaning to my remarks when none were implied.

It’s an important topic. On or off.
“At this point, roughly half of Alaskans in our state’s prisons are unsentenced,” said ACLU of Alaska Policy Director Triada Stampas. “The ugly truth of that is this; many of those individuals are already at a physical and socioeconomic disadvantage. Overcrowding in state prisons can be damaging to anyone’s health, safety, and rehabilitation, but especially so for those already preyed upon by systemic biases built into the criminal justice system.”
ACLU Analyzes Alarming Prison Overcrowding Records from Alaska Department of Corrections