A man who lived in Arizona made the trek all the way to Alaska to exact revenge before he died. Matthew Becker was dying from cancer and traveled many miles with the intention of ending the life of his ex-wife before he succumbed to the terminal disease. He showed up unexpectedly at her business and opened fire on the woman while she ran away. Thankfully, she survived, but her father wasn’t so lucky. Sadly, Becker set his sights on the older man after he failed to kill his ex-wife. He was able to kill his former father-in-law with the same gun. Now, he leaves behind a more complicated legacy.
Police never got a chance to make an arrest.
Officers from the Anchorage Police Department responded to a report of shots fired about 9:45 a.m. on March 14, 2026, they noted in a statement. They identified the victim as 87-year-old Romaine Clark.
About 12 hours later, around 10:24 a.m. March 15, Anchorage police officers found a dead male with a gunshot wound to his upper body in a wooded area near the Eagle River campground, a statement read. The body belonged to Becker, who police had been searching for in connection with Clark’s killing.
The older man wasn’t Becker’s only target.
According to charging documents reviewed by KTUU, Becker appeared at his ex-wife’s hair salon in Anchorage the morning of March 14. She told police it seemed like someone may have messed with the locks because she couldn’t get inside when she was preparing to open the salon…