Alaska’s Worst Mass Murder
The 1982 FV Investor Murders
12 min readSep 22, 2018
What happened on a foggy September day in 1982 in the small fishing village of Craig, Alaska?
Commercial fishing is one of the top three industries in Alaska, and the three-month salmon season in the summer is one of the most lucrative fisheries. In the1970s and1980s when salmon prices were at their highest, three months of hard work could earn…