Two officers from the Kotzebue, Alaska Police Department enter a living room and ask the two small children watching SpongeBob, âDid someone call the police?â
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One just points to a bedroom door. Inside, a man, Anthony, cradles a young womanâs body drenched in blood. He says sheâs his girlfriend, Jennifer. That he too, was just watching SpongeBob in the living room when he heard a âpopâ from the bedroom and found her with a âself-inflictedâ gun shot wound to her chin.
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An investigation begins. The rifle used measures 27 and 1/8th inches long from barrel to trigger. Jenniferâs arm is 26 and 3/16th inches long. Nothing comes of it. The medical examiner observes red strangulation marks around Jenniferâs neck. The investigation is over within one day. Jenniferâs death is declared a self exit.
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They donât test for gunshot residue on the boyfriend, Anthony.
They donât look into his past record of abuse and SA.
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After all, Anthony lives with his father, Clement Richards Senior, the mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough. Surely this was a horrific one time tragic eventâŠ
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Two years later another young womanâs body is found one again, at the mayorâs home.
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