APD Continues to Seek Fourth Suspect in October Chelsea Hotel Homicide
2015 image of Jacob Pouli, now 26-years-old. Image-State of Alaska
Anchorage police say that they have identified an additional two suspects in the October Chelsea Hotel killing that took the life of 48-year-old Duane Fields.
APD detectives identified and charged 31-year-old Josiah F. Pouli and 26-year-old Jacob F. Pouli late last week for murder, and on Friday Josiah was picked up in a traffic stop while he was driving on 68th Avenue.
Homicide investigators picked up and charged two others in late October. 34-year-old Shannelle M. Macpherson was charged with five counts of Tampering with Physical Evidence, while 48-year-old Sean S. Smith was also charged with tampering as well as Misconduct Involving a Weapon.
Hotel employee intervened in an assault before he was fatally shot, police say Published December 14, 2020
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Print article Two brothers were charged Thursday in an October shooting at a Spenard hotel that left an employee dead. Court documents in the case describe a woman being attacked and held against her will by one of the brothers at a Midtown Anchorage game store, a situation that later spilled into the hallways of the Chelsea Inn Hotel on Oct. 21 and ultimately ended with the death of 48-year-old Duane Fields, who worked at the hotel. Now, nearly two months later, brothers Jacob and Josiah Pouli are each facing a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting.