Joseph Eden Casas, 37, was found fatally shot in the head inside a Fairbanks apartment on the morning of April 11, 2025. Officers responding to reports of gunfire at a residence on the 1100 block of 27th Avenue discovered him critically wounded; he was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The wound was described as execution-style, a single gunshot to the head.

Investigators focused on Private First Class Adayus Robertson, 24, an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright who was under legal supervision and wearing an ankle monitor. GPS data from the monitor placed Robertson at the scene. Witnesses inside the apartment said Robertson and Casas were in the same room when a single shot was heard. A .40-caliber Glock was recovered from a dumpster near the scene and a magazine was found on Robertson when he was located at the Big Dipper Ice Arena. Robertson denied involvement and requested an attorney; he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, evidence tampering, and violating conditions of release, with bail set at $2.5 million.

Did anyone in the Fairbanks area know Joseph Casas or see activity near the 1100 block of 27th Avenue that morning?