Man charged in connection with Alaska girl's death
Source: Associated Press
Rachel D'oro and Mark Thiessen, Associated Press
Updated 8:11 pm CDT, Monday, September 17, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man found with the cellphone of a missing 10-year-old girl was charged Monday in connection with her death after GPS coordinates of where the phone had traveled led authorities to the girl's body.
Peter Wilson, 41, of Kotzebue, Alaska, was formally charged Monday with making false statements as police tried to find Ashley Johnson-Barr, who had been missing since Sept. 6. The girl's body was found Friday just outside the remote town located on Alaska's northwestern coast.
Wilson, 41, will make his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday. Online court records do not list an attorney for Wilson.
An affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Michael Watson says it appears the girl's death was a homicide, but it remains under investigation. U.S. Department of Justice spokeswoman Chloe Martin said further charges would depend on what other evidence develops.
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Ashley Johnson-Barr was found dead Friday near Kotzebue, Alaska. She disappeared Sept. 6.
(Kotzebue Police Department)
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Rachel D'oro, Associated Press
Updated 8:15 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man linked to the disappearance and death of a 10-year-old girl made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday.
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An FBI affidavit says Wilson had the girl's cellphone after her disappearance, and the girl's body was found through GPS coordinates of where the phone had traveled. The affidavit says the girl's death appears to be a homicide, but her death remains under investigation.
U.S. Department of Justice officials say further charges would depend on what other evidence develops during an ongoing investigation.
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Ashely Johnson-Barr was last seen playing with friends at Rainbow Park. Authorities say she had her cellphone at the time, and it was later found that day in the pocket of a jacket belonging to Wilson, a woman named in the affidavit only by the initials of JJ told authorities. She said Wilson often stayed at her home.
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