On March 14, 2026, 87-year-old Romaine F. Clark was shot and killed inside his Anchorage, Alaska, home. Friends who had gone to check on him entered the residence on Alder Drive after he failed to come out and found his body. Investigators report that several rounds were fired through a plate-glass window at the rear of the house, and that the shooter was the victim’s former son-in-law, 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker.

Earlier that morning Becker allegedly ambushed his ex-wife outside her hair salon, firing at her as she tried to unlock the doors; she escaped and called 911, telling dispatchers she feared for her father’s safety. Police responded to the 9:30 a.m. call and soon discovered Clark’s death. Becker was charged with first-degree murder and third-degree assault and was the subject of a manhunt before being found deceased in a wooded area in Eagle River on March 15.

Did anyone in Anchorage know of threats against Mr. Clark or sightings of Becker in the days before March 14?