In early December 2019 a grey Mazda 6 parked along the 500 block of North Sitka Street in east Anchorage became the scene of a homicide. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on December 5 officers opened the car and found the body of 27-year-old Lanycha (also spelled Lanycha in some reports) Zimmer. Trauma was visible on her body and the medical examiner took custody as detectives began a homicide investigation.

The vehicle had been reported stolen on November 4 from the 2000 block of East 3rd Avenue and was believed to have been parked for a time in an apartment lot on the 600 block of East 22nd Avenue before turning up on Sitka. Detectives focused on tracing the Mazda’s movements and asking residents who might have seen it sitting in late November. No arrests or suspects had been announced and Crime Stoppers and police continued to seek tips to identify who was responsible for Zimmer’s killing.

Did anyone in east Anchorage or the surrounding neighborhoods see that Mazda parked or moving in late October or November 2019?