Brayden Heath was a 3-year-old white male who died on August 5, 2015, in a South Anchorage home after finding a loaded .38-caliber revolver that had been left unsecured in the area where he lived and played. Police were called just after noon and medics pronounced the child dead at the scene on the 4000 block of Olympic Terrace Circle while detectives began interviews and processed the residence. Investigators later determined the fatal wound was self-inflicted and concluded the handgun had been accessible for several days.

Prosecutors charged Brayden’s mother, Elizabeth Morin, with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in January 2016; she pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in August 2016. A Superior Court judge sentenced her on February 2, 2017, to 18 months with 15 months suspended, three months to serve, and two years of supervised felony probation, with the court stressing parental responsibility for hazardous items in the home. No other suspects were sought in the child’s death.

Did anyone in the neighborhood notice the unsecured firearm before August 5, 2015, or have information about how long it had been left accessible?