APD Lt. Dave Parker (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-DT)
When the two women who lived at the end of Caribou Drive in Eagle River didn't show up to work it aroused suspicion. (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-DT)
Neighbors Jody and Molly Metcalf (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-DT)
Neighbor Leslie Newsham (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-DT)
by Ashton Goodell
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska -- Anchorage police are investigating a murder-suicide Wednesday night in Eagle River.
A police officer found two women dead Tuesday evening days after the incidence took place.
Neighbors are saying it's the strangest thing that's ever happened on their street. But in hindsight, they say there were signs -- the women got a little rowdy when drinking, but no one expected it to get out of control.
When the two women who lived at the end of Caribou Drive in Eagle River didn't show up to work it aroused suspicion.
A police officer stopped by to check in Tuesday evening.
"Their employers were concerned, as were family members. They called APD and we did a welfare check," APD Lt. Dave Parker said.
No one came to the door, so the officer entered the residence and found the two roommates dead.
"They found two middle-aged females in this residence and they are considering it a murder-suicide," Parker said.
News spread quickly down the lane. Neighbors Jody and Molly Metcalf wanted to know more, so they took a walk by the scene to see if they could get a few answers.
"Well, you know, this is a town that my kids grew up in, you know, I do like to know," Metcalf said. "This isn't the kind of place that stuff like this happens, it really isn't -- but when it does, I'm there."
They know they won't understand why the woman shot her roommate and then turned the gun on herself.
Most people keep to themselves in the neighborhood, but people do talk. Neighbors said the two women were in a relationship.
"We know of them but we aren't really involved with their lives and stuff, but it's a small enough town -- everyone has connections," Metcalf said.
"We don't know what brings people to the point where they feel like they need to end their own life and someone else's life. We just don't understand the dynamics of that," Parker said.
One neighbor shared a few conversations over the fence with the women, but said they mostly kept to themselves, which is why police didn't find their bodies for days.
"If I was going to pick a murder-suicide, that wouldn't be it," neighbor Leslie Newsham said.
"It's just a devastating thing -- this really doesn't happen, especially in this neighborhood. This is a good little family neighborhood," Metcalf said.
The Metcalfs are still curious to know what happened in the house that night, but figure they'll never really know their neighbors.
A friend talked to the two women on Monday, which was the last time they were seen.
Police are waiting to tell the family before releasing names.
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