In the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, February 15, 2017, a fire ripped through the Royal Suite Lodge on Minnesota Drive in Anchorage. Firefighters and police arrived around 2:20 a.m. to a three-story residential lodge with unstable corridors and partial collapse; crews found 38-year-old Teuaililo Nua dead and transferred her to the State Medical Examiner. Sixteen people were reported injured and authorities later identified at least two other fatalities, Vivian Hall and Laura Kramer. Investigators called the blaze arson and homicide and worked with the Anchorage Fire Department, the Alaska State Fire Marshal, and ATF specialists.

Detectives sought public help and named a man they said had information, Andrew John Eknaty. The investigation grew into a broad criminal inquiry with multiple charges reported against suspects. Teuaililo Nua’s name appears repeatedly in official accounts as one of the victims whose life ended that winter morning. If anyone knew Teuaililo or has information about the Royal Suite Lodge fire, please come forward to assist the ongoing inquiry.