As for Brian Radel, he has a lot of time to think. Although the other charges against him were dropped, he plead guilty to first degree murder and is now sitting in a prison in Alaska, serving a 99-year sentence for Lauri Waterman’s murder.
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What happened to Laurie Waterman?
Radel kidnapped Lauri Waterman from her home in Craig, made her drink wine and drove her in the family minivan to a spot north of town, he told jurors. But he couldn’t break her neck so he beat and suffocated her. Then the men burned her body in the family minivan on an isolated logging road on Prince of Wales Island.
Who killed Lauri Waterman Craig Alaska?
The two 24-year-old men, Jason Arrant, of Klawock, and Brian Radel, of Thorne Bay, later confessed to killing 48-year-old Laurie Waterman and were charged with first degree murder.
Is Rachelle Waterman in jail?
This time the jury acquitted Rachelle of murder but found her guilty of criminally negligent homicide. In July 2011, Rachelle was sentenced to three years in prison. Since then, she has served her prison term and is now a free woman.
Who is Granville Ritchie?
Granville Ritchie, the man who raped and murdered 9-year-old Felecia Williams in 2014, was sentenced to death Friday. The child’s mother and a judge had some parting words. ‘May God have mercy on your soul. ‘
