Anchorage resident Johnny Johnson is accused of attacking Alan Wagers at a Rogers Park home. Wagers spent more than a month in the hospital before he died.
An Anchorage grand jury this week indicted a 38-year-old Anchorage man on charges of first-degree murder for a fatal January assault of a 69-year-old manin the death of Alan Wagers. Police have not provided information about how investigators tied Johnson to the assault or released any details about the Jan. 18 attack.. Wagers was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after the attack, police said. He remained hospitalized until he died from his injuries on Feb. 27.
In addition to first-degree murder, Johnson was also indicted Thursday on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence. As of Friday, he was being held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex and was scheduled to appear in court on the new charges Tuesday.Tess Williams is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, focusing on breaking news. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. Contact her at [email protected].
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