Unharmed baby found with 2 dead parents in Alaska
San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 19th December, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; Two people have been found dead with an unharmed baby in a remote Yupik Eskimo village. Alaska State Troopers identified the dead Monday as 29-year-old Jonathan Paul and 26-year-old Gina Martin. Martin's sister, Jessica Martin, says she and her mother found the bodies when they went to the couple's home in Kipnuk lat...
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