AK AK - Mary Anne Alexie, 33, Spenard, 10 October 2012

Fairbanks woman missing in Anchorage

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The search continues for a woman from Crooked Creek, who has been missing for three weeks.

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With Mary Anne Alexie missing in Anchorage for more than a month, volunteers and Alexie's family held a candlelight vigil in Spenard on Tuesday hoping to bring more attention to her case.

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ANCHORAGE--- Where is 34-year-old Mary Anne Alexie? That's the question family and loved ones are wrestling with this holiday season. While others are running around picking up food for their upcoming Thanksgiving feast, the Alexies have spent the last 40 days searching for the woman who means so much to them.

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One case that police are currently very concerned with is the disappearance of Fairbanks woman Mary Anne Alexie, 34, who was visiting Anchorage to attend the Alaska Career College. She last spoke with friends by phone on Oct. 10, telling them she was in Spenard and didn’t know where to go.

“Her disappearance is just a mystery at this point,” Parker said. “We’re continuing to actively pursue that case and follow up on every lead.”

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The reward for information regarding missing Fairbanks woman Mary Anne Alexie has risen from $500 to $2000, according to a Facebook page set up by Project Angel Eyes and dedicated to locating the missing woman.

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ANCHORAGE - With all of the new falling snow, police said, the search for Mary Ann Alexie will only become more difficult.

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In October of 2012, Mary-Anne Alexie went missing from the Spenard area after coming to Anchorage for college. Carol Bender never met Alexie but says she felt compelled to help find the missing 33-year-old and organized a search last fall.

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summer_breeze said:

http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-a-yea...askas-missing-people-20130708,0,5936173.story

By Mallory Peebles
Channel 2 News
6:16 p.m. AKDT, July 8, 2013

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He was deeply affected by Mary Ann&#8217;s still-unsolved disappearance, and harbored anger toward law enforcement authorities he felt weren&#8217;t doing enough to find her, Guynes said.

&#8220;He was pretty angry. They wouldn&#8217;t give us no answers, to this day,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It had a great impact on him.&#8221;

Still, news of his suicide came as a total shock, she said.

&#8220;Other than missing my sister, he never showed or expressed any signs that he wanted to hurt himself.&#8221;

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According to friends, Mary Anne Alexie (also known as Mary Jane) was in Anchorage on October 9, 2012 to take the first step toward a new life by beginning EMT training at Alaska Career College. Alexie, a mother of four, was seeking a better life for her family, but at 3 a.m. on October 10, she placed a troubling call: The 32-year-old Alaska Native was somewhere in the Spenard area, and she didn&#8217;t know exactly where.

After that call, Mary Anne Alexie&#8217;s family never heard from her again.

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For us, the only differences in the people we write about are the particulars of their cases. Race and socio-economic class do not matter one bit, because every single life is precious. We have been charged to love our neighbors just as we would love ourselves, and there are no exceptions or exemptions to that rule for race, sex or creed. People of every station struggle with addiction, and there are numerous things that can make a person weak and vulnerable to predators. It&#8217;s time we fight the real enemy&#8211;people who see weakness as an invitation to exploit others instead of an opportunity to help. Only then can we begin to bring healing to families like Mary Anne Alexie&#8217;s, people who love her and wish for her safe return every day.

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