Gregg S. Niwa, 57, was killed in his Anchorage home on South Salem Drive after an argument late on May 8, 2017. Police say Niwa and a 32-year-old acquaintance, Mary Rose Carter, had been drinking; during the confrontation Carter shot Niwa and then stabbed him several times in the torso before fleeing. Niwa’s roommate discovered him dead the afternoon of May 9. Detectives located Carter on May 10, 2017, and she was arrested that evening, charged with Murder in the First Degree and Murder in the Second Degree.

The official account is terse: a domestic dispute escalated to gunfire and stabbing, the suspect left the scene instead of seeking help, and the death was recorded as occurring that week in Anchorage. Are there details about the hours before or after the argument that anyone nearby remembers or can share?