AK 1993 Raper Murder Cold Case

Sophie Sergie was raped and murdered in 1993. Investigators have a DNA sample but no match.

By JAMES HALPIN

Published: April 25th, 2009 09:13 PM
Last Modified: April 26th, 2009 10:08 PM

........Armed with that information, a DNA sample from the killer and sophisticated testing methods not available in 1993, investigators from the cold case unit are renewing their pleas for people who were there the night she died to come forward.

The reinvigorated effort is welcome, said Elena Sergie, Sophie's mother, who along with family friend Leslie Hunter planned to travel to Fairbanks this weekend to attend an annual memorial service for Sophie and other victims of unsolved murders.

"She needs closure. She needs closure," Hunter said in a sometimes tearful interview in their Anchorage condo. "I live with her, and she's hard to live with sometimes."

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