Christopher Popps allegedly sent multiple anonymous tips confessing to the 1993 killing of Patrick Orville Dearth before troopers traced them back to him.
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Carney, a native of Westchester, New York, was reportedly beaten and suffocated. More than 30 years after an Alaska man vanished without a trace, an anonymous confession breathed new life into thesaid they traced the confession back to him, accusing him of fatally shooting his former co-worker, Patrick Orville Dearth, in 1993 before dumping his body inside a barrel off a remote highway.
The breakthrough came on Jan. 22, 2025, when Alaska State Troopers received an anonymous tip from someone claiming to have committed a murder in the Fairbanks area in 1993, according to the agency. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation's Cold Case Investigation Unit took over the case, but investigators couldn't immediately search the area because it was buried under snow and daylight was limited, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDanielWhen investigators returned in May 2025, they found human remains inside a barrel down a steep embankment near Mile 47 of the Steese Highway.
The Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office later identified the remains as Dearth and KILLER ADMITS TO DECADES-OLD COLD CASE SLAYING AFTER INVESTIGATORS LEAN ON NEW FORENSIC EVIDENCE: OFFICIALS A Fairbanks Police Department patrol vehicle. Patrick Orville Dearth was reported missing to the department in November 1993 before his case went cold for more than three decades. As investigators dug deeper, they identified the anonymous tipster as Popps.
McDaniel told Alaska Public Media that Popps had made multiple anonymous tips to different Alaska law enforcement agencies claiming responsibility for Dearth's death. Authorities said Popps and Dearth worked together in Fairbanks and that an altercation at an auto shop ended with Popps allegedly shooting Dearth.
"Based on our investigation, we determined there was an altercation at an auto shop, which led Popps to shoot Dearth," McDaniel told the outlet. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP As of Friday, Popps did not have an attorney listed in Alaska court records, and no future hearings had been scheduled, according to Alaska Public Media.with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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