Missing Shaktoolik teen found dead in Anchorage

A monthslong search for Kelly Hunt that frustrated family members over a perceived lack urgency from investigators culminated last week when Anchorage police said they found the body of the 19-year-old in the Spenard neighborhood.

The Anchorage Police Department said in a Friday evening statement that the body found on the 3500 block of Lois Drive on the morning of April 20 was identified as Kelly Hunt.

Hunt, 19, was from Shaktoolik and traveling through Anchorage in January while returning to college. Police said Hunt arrived in Anchorage on Jan. 6 and was staying at a home on the 3200 block of Oregon Drive, just blocks from where her body was found…

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