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FBI experts in serial homicide have made a series of unresolved cases in Nome a top priority after a Nome-area Native group expressed concern over reports of deaths and disappearances dating to the 1960s.
The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday that victims are mostly Native men who traveled to Nome, the Seward Peninsula's commercial hub, from surrounding villages. Many of those communities are Inupiat and Siberian Yupik. The newspaper said 10 cases of death or disappearance have been reported since 1990 alone. A list of 20 suspicious cases, along with reward offers, was released last week by a Native organization in Nome.
The FBI Behavioral Analysis unit in Quantico, Va., has been agreed to profile each case in a search for possible links. The unit, part of the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, has made the case a priority, said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez.
http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/ak/20051113/3426344.shtml
The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday that victims are mostly Native men who traveled to Nome, the Seward Peninsula's commercial hub, from surrounding villages. Many of those communities are Inupiat and Siberian Yupik. The newspaper said 10 cases of death or disappearance have been reported since 1990 alone. A list of 20 suspicious cases, along with reward offers, was released last week by a Native organization in Nome.
The FBI Behavioral Analysis unit in Quantico, Va., has been agreed to profile each case in a search for possible links. The unit, part of the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, has made the case a priority, said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez.
http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/ak/20051113/3426344.shtml