Editing Craig, Alaska (section)

===1982 murders===
On September 7, 1982, the fishing boat ''Investor'' was found burning off the coast of Craig, and the boat's passengers and crew were found to have been killed.<ref name="Tibbits">{{cite web|last=Tibbits|first=George|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19851011&id=ibkwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5551,4253964&hl=en|title=Suspect in murder living life on edge|publisher=[[Lakeland Ledger]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 11, 1985|accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/26/us/ex-crewman-acquitted-in-8-boat-killings-in-1982.html|title=Ex-Crewman Acquitted in 8 Boat Killings in 1982|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=Associated Press|date=April 26, 1988|accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</ref> Due to the badly burned state of the bodies, investigators were only certain that they had recovered the remains of seven bodies, but a coroner's jury ruled that all eight who were aboard the boat had been killed.<ref name="Tibbits"/> The boat's owner, Mark Coulthurst, from [[Blaine, Washington]], his wife Irene, and their two young children were among the victims. In September 1984, a suspect, John Kenneth Peel, from [[Bellingham, Washington]], was arrested for the murders.<ref name="Tibbits"/><ref name="NYTimes"/> Peel's first trial ended in a hung jury, and his retrial, in 1988, ended in his acquittal.<ref name="NYTimes"/> In 2017, Tim DeSpain, spokesman for the Alaska State Troopers stated that "the case is closed".<ref>People</ref>