Name released in Anchorage’s homicide-suicide

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After finding the bodies of two individuals on June 9 in the Fairview neighborhood, the Anchorage Police Department wrote that initial indications show that 66-year-old Steven Flanigan took the life of a female before taking his own life.

Police were performing a welfare check on the two individuals after receiving a missing persons report for both.

After arriving at the residence, officers found the two dead.

Police said that the female’s next-of-kin has been notified, but her identity will not be released by APD as the victim of a domestic violence crime.