On April 26, 2017, Anchorage police announced that they concluded that Ritchie was officially responsible for the deaths of the five people. Those five murders counted among what was a record number of killings in Anchorage alone in 2016 — 34. So why does Alaska have so many serial killers? read more
Also, it may be the case that there are more homicides there, but that does not mean there are more psychopaths - most psychopaths are non-murderous as they value their freedom. It could simply be that people form Alaska are more prone to murder for others cultural/societal reasons. read more
As the most violent city in Alaska, residents of Kotzebue face a whopping 1 in 29 chance of being the victim of a violent crime — more than 4 times more likely than the state average. The property crime statistics aren’t encouraging either, with a 1 in 16.0 chance of incident for Kotzebue residents. read more