Steven H. Downs was charged in 2019 with raping and murdering an Alaskan woman in 1993 when he was a college student.
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Auburn man charged in Alaska murder can name alternative suspects, judge rules
Steven Downs will be allowed to point the finger at three other men at trial.
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Alaska courts stymied by cyberattacks, delay hearings in Auburn man’s murder case
Pretrial hearings in Steven Downs’ cold case were postponed after breach in Alaska court system’s cybersecurity.
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Evidence heard in 1993 Alaska murder case brought against Auburn man
Steven Downs, charged with the 1993 rape and murder of a 20-year-old Alaska woman, was connected to the case via DNA evidence, say police.
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Auburn man seeks dismissal of DNA, firearm evidence in Alaska rape and murder case
Lawyers for Stephen H. Downs, 45, of Auburn filed motions Monday in an Alaska court seeking the dismissal of all DNA evidence and evidence of Downs’ possession of weapons connected with the 1993 rape and slaying of a former student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Auburn man waives extradition to Alaska for murder trial
Steven H. Downs is charged with raping and killing a woman there 26 years ago.
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Auburn man fights extradition to Alaska in cold case murder, denies involvement
Steven Downs was arrested in Auburn earlier this month in the rape and killing of a 20-year-old student in Fairbanks.
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Auburn man fights murder extradition to Alaska
A nurse from Auburn appeared in court Tuesday to say he will contest efforts to take him to Alaska where he is accused of raping and murdering a student in Fairbanks more than two decades ago.
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Auburn man charged in Alaska murder was fired for making women uncomfortable
The Auburn man was fired in 2016 from a Livermore Falls residential facility and received a warning from the state nursing board — in part because two female co-workers complained he’d made them feel uncomfortable.
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How Alaska State Troopers tracked down murder suspect in Auburn
More than a quarter-century after a Native Alaskan woman was brutally slain in Fairbanks, authorities say they used the latest in DNA technology to identify her killer in Auburn.