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Fisherman killed in Alaska in 1996

Kent Leppink was a fisherman who was killed in Hope, Alaska, in May 1996. His former fiancée, Mechele Linehan, and former roommate, John Carlin, were convicted of murdering him in 2007, but the judgments were reversed on appeal.^[1][2][3] Carlin died in prison in 2008 and Alaska prosecutors ultimately decided against indicting Linehan a second time.

Kent Leppink's murder

Kent Leppink was a Michigan native who moved to Alaska to work as a fisherman. He met Linehan at a striptease club. Between 1994 and 1996, Linehan was romantically involved with Leppink and a man named John Carlin at the same time.

For several months the three lived in the same house in Anchorage.^[4] On May 2, 1996, Leppink (age 36) was found dead in Hope, Alaska, with three .44 caliber Desert Eagle gunshot wounds.^[2] Linehan was arrested over 10 years later in October 2006 and convicted of his murde