Police say they won't reopen death investigation of woman found on former mayor's property

Updated: Jan. 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM AKST
Taking a look into the death investigation of a woman in Kotzebue that police say will not be re-opened. In May of 2018 the body of Jennifer Kirk, 25, was found on a property in Kotzebue owned by former Mayor Clement Richards. The state medical examiner's office initially told investigators her body had signs of strangulation, but her death was ultimately ruled a suicide. The case then became a subject of an Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica investigation. Kyle Hopkins, the Special Projects Editor of Anchorage Daily News, breaks down his findings of that investigation.