About James Dale Ritchie
James Dale Ritchie was an American serial killer who, throughout 2016, murdered five individuals in and around Anchorage, Alaska, most of whom were in parks or along bike paths. He always committed his murders at night, often around midnight or a short time after. Ritchie was killed during a shootout with police officers in downtown Anchorage on November 12, 2016. Following his death, a Colt Python handgun on his person connected him to the string of murders he committed over the course of two months. Ritchie committed his first two murders during the early morning hours of July 3, 2016, when he shot 20-year-old Brianna Foisy and 41-year-old Jason Netter Sr. Under Sergeant Slawomir Markiewicz's direction, witnesses were interviewed and a composite sketch of the suspect – who would later be positively identified as Ritchie – was created. The two bodies were discovered together along a bike path near Ship Creek by a bicyclist at 7:45 a.m. An unidentified female passerby who was walking through the park discovered De Husson's body along the trail at 1:42 a.m.
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