Stephanie Morales, a 22-year-old Hispanic/Latina mother, was found dead the morning of February 17, 2023, inside a residence in the 6000 block of East 12th Avenue in Anchorage. Responding officers reported visible trauma to her upper body and detectives opened a homicide investigation at the scene.

Investigators discovered her 8-month-old son Ahmiri was missing, triggering a statewide AMBER Alert that named the child’s father, 23-year-old Eric D. Chaney Jr., as a suspect in the child’s abduction. That evening officers located the infant safe after an hours-long standoff and took the suspect into custody. Prosecutors later obtained a grand jury indictment charging Eric David Chaney Jr. with counts including first- and second-degree murder in connection with the February 17 killing.

Anyone with information about Stephanie, Ahmiri, or events around February 17, 2023, is asked to come forward.