On March 1, 1983, the tiny winter community of McCarthy, Alaska, was the scene of a mass shooting that left six people dead, including 37-year-old Charles Timothy Tim Nash and his 25-year-old wife Amy Lou Ashenden Nash. The couple had married on January 13, 1983, and returned to Tim’s nearly completed log cabin in McCarthy on Valentine’s Day, about two weeks before the attack.

The assailant, 39-year-old Louis D. Hastings, reportedly traveled from his Kennicott cabin with a plan that began with killing residents of McCarthy. That morning he shot Christopher Richards in the face and neck; Richards escaped and warned others. Hastings then killed Les and Flo Hegland at their home and later Maxine Edwards and Harley King near the airstrip. Tim and Amy Nash were among those murdered during the spree. Hastings was captured by Alaska State Troopers while attempting to flee on a snowmobile.

Who in McCarthy or the wider Alaska community remembers the Nashes or can add details about their time in town?