Found Deceased AK - Kathleen Henry, 30, video of murder victim found, Anchorage, 9 Oct 2019 *Arrest*

[Curious Me]

Reading again through the page, it is obvious that one person is looking for Bebe Collins...

You say it's obvious, and I say it could be a troll collecting info for other reasons. They even have a link to this thread! If the person is reading here, I hope that they get my reaction-- IMO, it's a rather foolish page and violates others' privacy. They have no right posting others' info on their site and their real reason is suspect. Plus, if it was ever a real love affair, that person would probably be turned off by that tactic to reach them so many years later.

I know you are sleuthing and I appreciate your efforts, and believe what you want to believe. I feel I should mention this. I notice you're fairly new here. Normally, it is against TOS to link that type of unrelated social media account. Just so you know.

 

[Curious Me]

...He reached out to her and asked her to ask Brian if he might know where BC is but BSS' wife ignored him.

Well, at least we know BS's wife is not a complete fool. She didn't respond to that inquiry from a complete stranger, perhaps some dangerous nut for all she knew. MOO, she has enough to come to grips with, and doesn't need to have her info linked on that stranger's page. I don't support that person's tactics whatsoever, and think they're suspect. Not sure there was any love affair, or the reason this person is suddenly aggressively searching for BBC. Reporter? Private Investigator? Troll? Nut Job?

...Would really love to know who was threatening and blackmailing BSS. And why?

Sorry, only a vague memory of that. Can you say where you got that idea? From Quora?

 

[PatLaurel]

Well, at least we know BS's wife is not a complete fool. She didn't respond to that inquiry from a complete stranger, perhaps some dangerous nut for all she knew. MOO, she has enough to come to grips with, and doesn't need to have her info linked on that stranger's page. I don't support that person's tactics whatsoever, and think they're suspect. Not sure there was any love affair, or the reason this person is suddenly aggressively searching for BBC. Reporter? Private Investigator? Troll? Nut Job?
Sorry, only a vague memory of that. Can you say where you got that idea? From Quora?

BBM

It's the second question posted by BSS on Quora.

MOO JMO

 

[Curious Me]

BBM
It's the second question posted by BSS on Quora.
MOO JMO

Thanks. I hesitate to ask this because I don't want to spread false info, so this is just a question and not actual fact. I vaguely remember a roommate of either the wife or them as a couple that was accusing or filing legal action??? This is just a question though, and please know my memory can't be trusted after so much time has passed.

 

[Curious Me]

...The fact that he had SD cards just sitting in his truck labeled "Murder" makes me wonder if he was just stupid and messy or so comfortable and sure of himself that he let his guard down?

Not sure they were labeled "Murder" and tried to go back to initial reports of the video being found. How did that video end up laying in the street? If there was a blackmailer, then maybe I should ask who actually recorded it? I'm wondering now if the video being left in the street was part of the blackmailer's actions. BSS did this horrendous crime right there in a hotel, and he had worked in hospitality maybe for that chain, where co-workers might've figured out what he was up to and he'd been subject to blackmail for awhile. I don't know, I'm just throwing out speculations now. It was so bizarre and he was quite blatant in his actions. Confessed to the other murder right off, so he knew they had him. What do you all think now?

“UPDATE - Victim Identified; homicide investigation; Milepost 108 Seward Highway” from Anchorage Police Department : Nixle

Kathleen Henry: A Tribute to the Murdered Alaska Woman | Heavy.com

Alaska murder mystery twist: Memory card found along road shows man assaulting and killing woman, cops say | Fox News

(Copying this from first page of this thread, in case someone doesn't have a subscription to NY Times.)
Memory Card Found With Brutal Videos and Photos Leads to Murder Arrest - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The card, which the police say a woman discovered in the Fairview neighborhood and turned over to them on Sept. 30, contained videos and pictures of a man beating and strangling a woman in a midtown hotel room, the authorities said.

Two days later, on Oct. 2, a caller informed the police that human remains had been found outside the city, on Seward Highway near Rainbow Valley Road — about 18 miles from the hotel that was the setting in the videos and pictures found.
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The police believe that the woman seen in the photos and videos on the memory card is the same woman whose remains were found Oct. 2. On Thursday, the police identified the victim as 30-year-old Kathleen J. Henry.

As police detectives reviewed images on the memory card, they recognized the man seen in them from a previous investigation, Mr. Thim said. The police would not comment on the prior investigation.
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The police checked with the hotel, TownePlace Suites by Marriott Anchorage Midtown, and learned that the man had been registered to a room there from Sept. 2 to Sept. 4. The carpet seen in the hotel room where the murder took place matches the hotel that the police visited.
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The memory card, according to the police, contained 39 images and 12 videos, all of graphic nature, which begin on Sept. 4 at 12:59 a.m.

<ADMIN NOTE: TRIGGER ALERT .. GRAPHIC DETAILS FOLLOW>

In the images and videos, a woman is seen being strangled by a man who “had some sort of an English sounding accent when he spoke,” according to the charging document. In one video, the woman is seen fighting back against her attacker, “attempting to scratch at the man’s wrist with her right hand to get him to stop,” as he pressed into her neck with his right hand.

In another video, according to the document, the man said that his hand was “getting tired” before stomping on the woman’s neck with his right foot, cursing and saying that she needed to die. In other videos, the woman is seen struggling to breathe as he “strangled her more and laughed about it.” One video shows the man, at one point, using a wire or cord on the woman.
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One image taken on Sept. 4 shows the woman on a rolling hotel luggage cart near a black pickup truck, the authorities said. In at least seven images, prosecutors said, the woman is seen “lying face down on what appeared to be a black bed of a truck.” The last date for the images on the card was Sept. 6 at 1:12 a.m.

 

[Curious Me]

Prior investigation... hmm... interesting... would love to hear what that was about. Registers into a hotel room and moves the body out in a baggage trolley. Geez, he's stupid and fearless. That memory card had 12 videos on it, and 39 images. I would think some of those videos are of some other type crimes or his stalking victims in that month of September before he killed Kathleen? Red inked and bolded by me.

Memory Card Found With Brutal Videos and Photos Leads to Murder Arrest - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
As police detectives reviewed images on the memory card, they recognized the man seen in them from a previous investigation, Mr. Thim said. The police would not comment on the prior investigation.
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The police checked with the hotel, TownePlace Suites by Marriott Anchorage Midtown, and learned that the man had been registered to a room there from Sept. 2 to Sept. 4. The carpet seen in the hotel room where the murder took place matches the hotel that the police visited.
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The memory card, according to the police, contained 39 images and 12 videos, all of graphic nature, which begin on Sept. 4 at 12:59 a.m.

BBM

 

[whiterhino]

Not sure they were labeled "Murder" and tried to go back to initial reports of the video being found. How did that video end up laying in the street? If there was a blackmailer, then maybe I should ask who actually recorded it? I'm wondering now if the video being left in the street was part of the blackmailer's actions. BSS did this horrendous crime right there in a hotel, and he had worked in hospitality maybe for that chain, where co-workers might've figured out what he was up to and he'd been subject to blackmail for awhile. I don't know, I'm just throwing out speculations now. It was so bizarre and he was quite blatant in his actions. Confessed to the other murder right off, so he knew they had him. What do you all think now?

“UPDATE - Victim Identified; homicide investigation; Milepost 108 Seward Highway” from Anchorage Police Department : Nixle

Kathleen Henry: A Tribute to the Murdered Alaska Woman | Heavy.com

Alaska murder mystery twist: Memory card found along road shows man assaulting and killing woman, cops say | Fox News

(Copying this from first page of this thread, in case someone doesn't have a subscription to NY Times.)
Memory Card Found With Brutal Videos and Photos Leads to Murder Arrest - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The card, which the police say a woman discovered in the Fairview neighborhood and turned over to them on Sept. 30, contained videos and pictures of a man beating and strangling a woman in a midtown hotel room, the authorities said.

Two days later, on Oct. 2, a caller informed the police that human remains had been found outside the city, on Seward Highway near Rainbow Valley Road — about 18 miles from the hotel that was the setting in the videos and pictures found.
---
The police believe that the woman seen in the photos and videos on the memory card is the same woman whose remains were found Oct. 2. On Thursday, the police identified the victim as 30-year-old Kathleen J. Henry.

As police detectives reviewed images on the memory card, they recognized the man seen in them from a previous investigation, Mr. Thim said. The police would not comment on the prior investigation.
---
The police checked with the hotel, TownePlace Suites by Marriott Anchorage Midtown, and learned that the man had been registered to a room there from Sept. 2 to Sept. 4. The carpet seen in the hotel room where the murder took place matches the hotel that the police visited.
---
The memory card, according to the police, contained 39 images and 12 videos, all of graphic nature, which begin on Sept. 4 at 12:59 a.m.

<ADMIN NOTE: TRIGGER ALERT .. GRAPHIC DETAILS FOLLOW>

In the images and videos, a woman is seen being strangled by a man who “had some sort of an English sounding accent when he spoke,” according to the charging document. In one video, the woman is seen fighting back against her attacker, “attempting to scratch at the man’s wrist with her right hand to get him to stop,” as he pressed into her neck with his right hand.

In another video, according to the document, the man said that his hand was “getting tired” before stomping on the woman’s neck with his right foot, cursing and saying that she needed to die. In other videos, the woman is seen struggling to breathe as he “strangled her more and laughed about it.” One video shows the man, at one point, using a wire or cord on the woman.
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One image taken on Sept. 4 shows the woman on a rolling hotel luggage cart near a black pickup truck, the authorities said. In at least seven images, prosecutors said, the woman is seen “lying face down on what appeared to be a black bed of a truck.” The last date for the images on the card was Sept. 6 at 1:12 a.m.

I was under the impression that the SD card had something written on it like "Murder At Marriott". Possibly wrong about that, if so, sorry!

If someone actually broke into BSSs' truck, perhaps they dropped the card on the ground while carrying the stolen property? Amazing that anyone bothered to pick it up! That's the kind of thing I'd walk right past.

Not sure what to make of the FB page. It's weird and intrusive. What kind of weirdo would even consider messaging the wife of an accused serial killer so she could pass a note asking Brian if he has Bebes' phone number? Who does that?! I didn't know there were links to this site either

 

[PatLaurel]

Thanks. I hesitate to ask this because I don't want to spread false info, so this is just a question and not actual fact. I vaguely remember a roommate of either the wife or them as a couple that was accusing or filing legal action??? This is just a question though, and please know my memory can't be trusted after so much time has passed.

Your memory is great!
Yes, there was an eviction issue going on around the same time the question was posted. If these two events are related to each other, i wonder what the tenant was threatening and blackmailing him for? MSO.

MOO JMO

 

[Curious Me]

...perhaps they dropped the card on the ground while carrying the stolen property? Amazing that anyone bothered to pick it up! That's the kind of thing I'd walk right past.

That is something I struggle to believe, that some innocent civilian walking down the street sees that memory card and not only picks it up, but goes to the trouble to look at what's on it. I mean, I'm curious like my name, but not that curious. I wouldn't pick it up off the street, some germ-dirty memory card, and I'd be afraid to load it on any of my devices. Not even sure I'd have the equipment to load it and look at what was on it. The whole thing is strange really...

• that BSS was stupid enough to record himself committing what ended up as a murder.
• that somehow that memory card got dropped, lost, or stolen and ended up laying in the street. It didn't even have a "murder" label on it, as far as I know, and the finder still was more curious than I to look at what was on it.
• that a person walking on the street actually picked it up and loaded it to look what was on it and went to the police.
• that soon after the police got the memory card, and saw a possible murder in a video, then the murdered woman's body is found within days. Within days!
• Oh, that the police recognized BSS from another investigation, and that he has a distinctive recognizable accent that is on that video.
• that BSS was on his way out of town, I think to meet wife, and got arrested at the airport.

 

[PatLaurel]

@Curious Me & @whiterhino

The SD card was labeled “Homicide at midtown Marriott”.

"https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Man-charged-with-murder-after-SD-card-found-in-street-showing-video-562639431.html

MOO JMO

 

[whiterhino]

That is something I struggle to believe, that some innocent civilian walking down the street sees that memory card and not only picks it up, but goes to the trouble to look at what's on it. I mean, I'm curious like my name, but not that curious. I wouldn't pick it up off the street, some germ-dirty memory card, and I'd be afraid to load it on any of my devices. Not even sure I'd have the equipment to load it and look at what was on it. The whole thing is strange really...

• that BSS was stupid enough to record himself committing what ended up as a murder.
• that somehow that memory card got dropped, lost, or stolen and ended up laying in the street. It didn't even have a "murder" label on it, as far as I know, and the finder still was more curious than I to look at what was on it.
• that a person walking on the street actually picked it up and loaded it to look what was on it and went to the police.
• that soon after the police got the memory card, and saw a possible murder in a video, then the murdered woman's body is found within days. Within days!
• Oh, that the police recognized BSS from another investigation, and that he has a distinctive recognizable accent that is on that video.
• that BSS was on his way out of town, I think to meet wife, and got arrested at the airport.

If only more cases wrapped up this easily!!!

I see what you mean though. How coincidental are all these events, lining up so seamlessly? What gets me is that the police recognized BSS voice from when he reported the break in of his truck which is how the memory card ended up on the street, right back to the police again!

 

[whiterhino]

@Curious Me & @whiterhino

The SD card was labeled “Homicide at midtown Marriott”.

"https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Man-charged-with-murder-after-SD-card-found-in-street-showing-video-562639431.html

MOO JMO

Ok, so homicide not MURDER but really, he may as well have just written that instead right?

Mindboggling. Not only is BSS a savage monster, he's an idiot too

 

[Curious Me]

The SD card was labeled “Homicide at midtown Marriott”.

Oh, yes, the word Homicide did keep coming to mind. Your link doesn't work for me, but I believe you. I remember that word in connection to the memory card, but I couldn't trust my memory all that much. NOW, THAT WRITTEN ON THE CARD WOULD PEAK MY CURIOUSITY ENOUGH TO LOOK ON IT.

What gets me is that the police recognized BSS voice from when he reported the break in of his truck which is how the memory card ended up on the street, right back to the police again!

Was that the other investigation? Was that the only way they recognized him from a "prior investigation"? Oh boy, that is some coincidence. Like you say, if only more cases wrapped up so easily. Part of it was BSS's stupidity to make a recording of the events, to apparently leave it in his truck possibly, and then to have the nerve to report his truck break-in to the police.

I was remarking on another thread about knowing enough today that I shouldn't go out and push my luck to have things go smooth. I happen to use this stupid burglar as an example of not knowing when to quit and call it a day. He killed a elderly woman and proceeded to further burglarize another home, but shot himself in the foot. Now, he's caught for the murder of a well known and beloved elderly woman.
Suspect arrested in murder of Hollywood executive's wife at couple's Beverly Hills home - ABC News (go.com)

 

[whiterhino]

Oh, yes, the word Homicide did keep coming to mind. Your link doesn't work for me, but I believe you. I remember that word in connection to the memory card, but I couldn't trust my memory all that much. NOW, THAT WRITTEN ON THE CARD WOULD PEAK MY CURIOUSITY ENOUGH TO LOOK ON IT.
Was that the other investigation? Was that the only way they recognized him from a "prior investigation"? Oh boy, that is some coincidence. Like you say, if only more cases wrapped up so easily. Part of it was BSS's stupidity to make a recording of the events, to apparently leave it in his truck possibly, and then to have the nerve to report his truck break-in to the police.

I was remarking on another thread about knowing enough today that I shouldn't go out and push my luck to have things go smooth. I happen to use this stupid burglar as an example of not knowing when to quit and call it a day. He killed a elderly woman and proceeded to further burglarize another home, but shot himself in the foot. Now, he's caught for the murder of a well known and beloved elderly woman.
Suspect arrested in murder of Hollywood executive's wife at couple's Beverly Hills home - ABC News (go.com)

I can't see any other way that law enforcement would've recognized his voice?

I mean, serial killers do record their activities and keep "souvenirs" so it makes sense that he had SD cards (bc saying memory card sounds messed up, memories of homicide ). But he actually went ahead and reported those items as stolen! Either that or he didn't realize the cards were missing when he made his report

That other person deserves a lot more than a self inflicted gunshot to the foot although that is pretty funny! Once someone just starts shooting people and stealing from them as a means of getting by, they're worthless IMHO.

 

[evelezrn]

I think he could have been part of a ring of weirdo, sick, twisted underground psychos who make and circulate snuff films. There are some really EVIL people in this world. JMO

 

[whiterhino]

I think he could have been part of a ring of weirdo, sick, twisted underground psychos who make and circulate snuff films. There are some really EVIL people in this world. JMO

This is a very good possibility. I've wondered if he didn't frequent the "Dark Web" for these same reasons. I'd bet good money that he dabbled in this world but something about how he labeled that SD card makes me think he wasn't very experienced.

I remember reading a quote from Robert Pickton where he basically said there's a "society" of these guys (hence the name of his "Good Times Society" nonprofit). Not that I'm saying BSS had any part of that farm but maybe they operated in a similar fashion?

Certainly somewhere in Brians past there are other victims. We know there's a Daphne and a Bebe, apparently

 

[Harmonika]

MMIW is as BBM, it means Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women.

I DEFINITELY believe he has other victims. He also probably frequented STWs' (sex trade workers) and let a number of them go. There could be other women using social services who crossed paths with BSS.

I took a quick look at the FB page and am confused. Why would anyone create a page and start posting messages to BSS in 2020 after he was arrested? It sounds as if the captions are all written by this Bebe Collins person but they're also describing a relationship between BSS and someone named Daphne. The photos, captions and entries are all weirdly sentimental and romantic.

Maybe the entries from that creepy FB page contain hints at where BSS might have committed other similar crimes? There are a number of locations mentioned in the photo captions. Another question I have is who are the people that "Liked" those entries? It's all very weird to me.

Also, agree. His ability to move his relationship from online gaming to marriage so quickly says something. What's even more concerning is what he might have been up to before this period of his life.

I found this page because I was trying to find out if the investigators have BSS as a suspect in the murder of Shirley Skeek. She was last seen getting into a black truck ( he had one) at Bean’s Cafe and body found on Seward Highway- same as other 2 publicly announced victims. Homicide latest in string of tragedies for Juneau family | Juneau Empire
why haven’t they listed him as a suspect for Shirley Skeek?!

 

[Number8]

I found this page because I was trying to find out if the investigators have BSS as a suspect in the murder of Shirley Skeek. She was last seen getting into a black truck ( he had one) at Bean’s Cafe and body found on Seward Highway- same as other 2 publicly announced victims. Homicide latest in string of tragedies for Juneau family | Juneau Empire
why haven’t they listed him as a suspect for Shirley Skeek?!

Thank you for posting… great connection. SO SO many similarities.. the truck, location, disposal on a highway… also, an extremely vulnerable victim. I’m sure LE probably is aware of the connection - BSS is mentioned in this article about Shirley from 2019, seemingly to make that implication: Anchorage woman whose remains were found earlier this year was slain, troopers say

You should definitely submit a tip though, maybe it needs some public pressure!

 

[Curious Me]

I found this page because I was trying to find out if the investigators have BSS as a suspect in the murder of Shirley Skeek. She was last seen getting into a black truck ( he had one) at Bean’s Cafe and body found on Seward Highway- same as other 2 publicly announced victims. Homicide latest in string of tragedies for Juneau family | Juneau Empire
why haven’t they listed him as a suspect for Shirley Skeek?!

Thank you for posting… great connection. SO SO many similarities.. the truck, location, disposal on a highway… also, an extremely vulnerable victim. I’m sure LE probably is aware of the connection - BSS is mentioned in this article about Shirley from 2019, seemingly to make that implication: Anchorage woman whose remains were found earlier this year was slain, troopers say

You should definitely submit a tip though, maybe it needs some public pressure!

Shirley Skeek
Anchorage woman whose remains were found earlier this year was slain, troopers say (adn.com)

MOO, yes, Brain S. Smith may have murdered Shirley Skeek.
Brian Smith - Quora

Just so you know, I had Covid at this time one year ago, and I still have moments of brain fog, and doubt my memory. However, I remember that article and the connection made. I don't doubt for one minute, it was him. LE would have to be pretty stupid to not put those puzzle pieces together. I know Covid has slowed the process down some, but I pray Shirley's family is going to pester LE for further investigation. Shirley Skeek's sister hopefully is pressing to get him named as a suspect. It is possible he had dark web cohorts. We're talking about women's lives being taken for what could be their criminal amusement and profit. Disgusting and it must be investigated and stopped.

 

[Curious Me]

Well, I sure hope they're "cognizant" of how Shirley Skeek may also be a victim of Brian S. Smith.

Brian Steven Smith: What we know about the SA-born Alaskan killer (thesouthafrican.com)

Speaking to reporters, Dunlop said:
“We take every case and every victim as they come. These were two Alaska Native women, and I know that hits home here in Alaska, and we’re cognizant of that.” Brittany Dunlop, Deputy District Attorney