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Document charging Jason Pritchard with attempted murder, assault :
School attack suspect faces multiple counts

(Published May 8, 2001)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE

STATE OF ALASKA,
Plaintiff,

vs.

JASON WALTER PRITCHARD,

DOB: 6/24/67
APSIN ID: 6016588
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX
ATN: 102-918-528
Defendant.

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No. 3AN-S01-3548 CR

Search warrants 3AN-01-234sw; 3AN-01-1040sw, 1041sw, 1042sw, 1043sw, & 1044sw.

INFORMATION

I certify this document and its attachments do not contain the (1) name of a victim of a sexual offense listed in AS 12.61.140 or (2) residence or business address or telephone number of a victim of or witness to any offense unless it is an address identifying the place of a crime or an address or telephone number in a transcript of a court proceeding and disclosure of the information was ordered by the court.

The following counts charge a crime involving DOMESTIC VIOLENCE as defined in AS 18.66.990:

Count I - AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100
Attempted Murder In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 001

Count II - AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100
Attempted Murder In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 002

Count III - AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100
Attempted Murder In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 003

Count IV - AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100
Attempted Murder In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 004

Count V - AS 11.41.200(a)(1)
Assault In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 005

Count VI - AS 11.41.200(a)(1)
Assault In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 006

Count VII - AS 11.41.200(a)(1)
Assault In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 007

Count VIII - AS 11.41.200(a)(1)
Assault In The First Degree
Jason Walter Pritchard - 008

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGES:

Count I

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD with intent to cause death, attempted to cause the death of another person.

All of which is a class unclassified felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100 and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count II

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD with intent to cause death, attempted to cause the death of another person.

All of which is a class unclassified felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100 and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count III

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD with intent to cause death, attempted to cause the death of another person.

All of which is a class unclassified felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100 and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count IV

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD with intent to cause death, attempted to cause the death of another person.

All of which is a class unclassified felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100 and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count V

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD intentionally or recklessly caused serious physical injury to another by means of a dangerous instrument.

All of which is a class A felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.200(a)(1) and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count VI

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD intentionally or recklessly caused serious physical injury to another by means of a dangerous instrument.

All of which is a class A felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.200(a)(1) and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count VII

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD intentionally or recklessly caused serious physical injury to another by means of a dangerous instrument.

All of which is a class A felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.200(a)(1) and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

Count VIII

That on or about May 7, 2001, at or near Anchorage in the Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, JASON WALTER PRITCHARD intentionally or recklessly caused serious physical injury to another by means of a dangerous instrument.

All of which is a class A felony offense being contrary to and in violation of AS 11.41.200(a)(1) and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alaska.

I, James Fayette, Assistant District Attorney, swear that the following is based on my face to face conversations with APD Detectives Glen, Triplett, Bales, and Klinkart, APD Sergeants T. Smith & M. Woodward, APD Officers A. Rollins, M. Bloodgood, & J. Daily, my review of APD partial reports submitted to date under case #01-23022, my review of archived reports submitted to my office by the Alaska State Troopers, Soldotna, Homer, and Palmer Police departments, my review of court system files, and my review of records archived at the Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor's Office, all of which reveals the following:

At approximately, 8:28 a.m., on Monday morning, APD officers were dispatched to Mountain View Elementary School, at 4005 McPhee, following a desperate plea for help from a 911 caller reporting a stabbed child.

Police officers arrived at approximately 8:33 a.m. APD Officers McNamara and A. Rollins were among the first to arrive. Officers Rollins and McNamara were urgently directed to classroom #13 by Randy Smith of the Mountain View Patrol. Classroom #13 is located at the east wing of the school building, which is situated on the north side of McPhee in Mountain View. The officers saw that classroom #13 was evacuated, and in disarray, with papers and books strewn over the floor. They saw blood spatter on the classroom floor. As Officer Rollins entered classroom #13, he saw a man, later identified as Pritchard the defendant, standing against the windows at the southeast corner of the classroom. Pritchard was brandishing a white-handled filet knife.

A teacher, later identified as Jeff Harriman, was standing between Pritchard and a student, who was prone on the floor, bleeding from a slashed throat. Officer Rollins saw Harriman holding Pritchard at bay. Harriman was grasping a child's school desk and holding it vertically in the air, with the desk surface serving as a shield -- protecting the child from Pritchard and the large filet's knife he was holding.

Officer Rollins saw the child, later identified as S. H., age 8 on the floor. Officer Rollins saw that S.H. was holding his bleeding neck, and had his eyes fixed on Pritchard. Both Officers Rollins and McNamara drew their weapons down on Pritchard. Officer Rollins specifically contemplated having to shoot and kill Pritchard, and he maneuvered himself so as to minimize the chance that his line of fire would penetrate the school walls or windows and strike innocent bystanders running to and fro on the sidewalk outside the school.

As the officers arrived in the classroom, they ordered Harriman to take S.H. to safety. Harriman and S.H. were able to get behind the officers, and to run to safety in the school hallway. Soon, Officers Bloodgood, and Terry Smith arrived. They held Pritchard in a standoff for about five minutes. With drawn weapons, the police officers repeatedly ordered Pritchard to drop his knife. Pritchard refused to comply, and brandished the knife in front of his body holding it in the officers' direction. As the officers held Pritchard at gunpoint, Pritchard rambled in a loud, clear voice about sending , "...his little brothers and sisters to Jehovah..." Pritchard made repeated references to God, Jehovah, and Yahweh. One police officer had a contact tape running which captured Pritchard's comments and the officers' commands.

At one point, Pritchard told the officers that if they used their "swords" an apparent reference to the officers' firearms to send his "brothers and sisters" to heaven, then he Pritchard wouldn't have to. At one point, he exclaimed that he wanted "strength" so that he would not "take the mark of the Beast". Soon, APD Sergeant Ted Smith arrived armed with a 37mm gas gun. Sergeant Smith maneuvered around the other police officers. The officers repeated their call to Pritchard to drop the knife. Pritchard refused to comply. Sergeant Smith then fired a 'bean bag' flexible baton round -- which is basically described by police as a "less lethal" projectile -- at the defendant. The first 'bean bag' round struck Pritchard in the right thigh. Pritchard fell to the ground, but still refused to drop his filet knife. Sergeant Smith fired a second shot, which struck Pritchard in the arm. Pritchard still refused to drop the knife. After the second shot, officers heard Pritchard audibly and clearly laugh. At one point, he exclaimed, "... strengthen me, Father, to do your will..."

As Pritchard fell to his knees, he raised his arms up and held the knife at the officers. Sergeant Smith fired a third shot, which struck Pritchard sharply in the hand. The shot dislodged the knife from Pritchard's hand, and sent it flying away from his grasp.

As officers saw Pritchard crawl towards the knife, and reach towards it, police officers literally piled on him. Pritchard was taken into custody. Officers reported that Pritchard was in custody at 8:43 a.m.

Officers then interviewed numerous students and teachers at the school. The interviews revealed the following sequence of events:

As students assembled at the school in anticipation of the school day, which began at roughly 9:00 a.m., a line of students formed at the school's south facing front door for the pre-school breakfast program.

One student later told police that about twenty-five students were in the breakfast program line at the time of the attack. She said that she heard screaming, and saw a man holding a student, identified as W.M. from behind, with one arm around W.M.'s neck, and another hand holding the knife against W.M.'s neck. She said that she saw W.M. screaming, and trying to get away, and the man was trying to slit W.M.'s throat.

(Footnote: Today, your affiant charges Pritchard with four counts of Attempted Murder 1_, and four counts of Assault 1_. These charges are based on the injuries inflicted upon S.H., E.M., W.M., and C.B. However, it is obvious that many, many other teachers and students were placed in fear of imminent serious physical injury. It is equally obvious that the defendant intended to actually inflict injury on other victims yet unnamed. At this writing, the police department is engaged in the fairly substantial task of conducting interviews with the dozens of persons present at the school yesterday morning. Upon review of those interviews, it is very likely that further felony assault and attempted assault charges will be filed.)

Pritchard slashed at several students standing in the breakfast program line. These students were ultimately identified as S.H., C.B., E.M., and his brother W.M. All four were boys between the ages of 8 and 9 years old.

Police reports indicate that S.H. suffered a long laceration down the right side of his face. Treating physicians said that the injury was life threatening. C.B. suffered a laceration to the throat. When contacted by Detective Glen at the hospital, C.B. could not speak.

An officer who was dispatched to Providence Hospital wrote in her report that W.M. was treated in emergency surgery for his wounds. E.M. was stabilized in the ER, according to the officer's report. One officer wrote that hospital staff told him that W.M.'s wounds were "critical with heavy blood loss."

Detective Glen called Providence PICU, and spoke with treating nurses, who told him that W.M. suffered a deep knife wound to the throat, that blood vessels were injured, the trachea, and muscles of the throat were damaged, and were life-threatening without treatment. Staff told Detective Glen that E.M. had a deep throat cut all the way to the C-spine, a laceration to the right lobe of the thyroid gland, and had a large blood loss. Both children were recovering from surgery when Detective Glen spoke with hospital staff on Monday afternoon.

Three students ran to the principal's office. One student ran around the southeast corner of the school building, and into classroom #13. When they saw the injured students at the principal's office, school staff quickly ordered a lock down of the classrooms, and urgently called 911. Teachers ushered students into classrooms.

Witnesses told police that Pritchard followed the fleeing student around the southeast corner, but could not get in the east facing door, because by now, school staff had shut and locked the east facing exterior door before he could get inside.

Pritchard apparently doubled back and entered the school through the south-facing door. Teacher Harriman said he saw the defendant enter the school, and saw Pritchard "milling around inside the school trying to figure out which way to go". Harriman said that Pritchard "calmly" walked down the east wing corridor as teachers tried to shut classroom doors.

Teachers told police that they saw Pritchard as he walked down the hallway, and tried to get into the classroom doors. By now, most of the doors had been shut and locked by school staff. Pritchard walked down the east wing hallway to classroom #13 -- which is the classroom to which S.H. had run.

As Pritchard walked down the hallway, a teacher was in the process of closing and locking the door to classroom #13. Pritchard grabbed the door as it was about to close, and walked inside.

Harriman said that Pritchard pushed a female teacher aside and walked into classroom #13 as students hid under desks. Harriman followed Pritchard into the room, and saw Pritchard pull one boy by his legs from under the desk and slit his throat, "like a butcher would slit a hog's throat". Detective Markiewicz's report. This student was later identified as S.H.

Harriman said he pushed Pritchard down on the ground. He said that Pritchard turned his knife in Harriman's direction and asked, "do you want to be next?"

Harriman told other students to get out of the room, and the students and the female teacher ran out. The door then closed behind the students, locking Harriman inside with S.H. and Pritchard. Harriman later told police that Pritchard told S.H. that he was "going to see Jesus today... " Harriman said that he saw the AFD paramedics arrive shortly before the police, and heard the medics tell Pritchard that they needed to get to S.H. because he was bleeding badly. Harriman said that Pritchard told the paramedics, "No, he is going to die right here. I'll be standing right here and nobody is going anywhere..."

The teacher in the classroom next door classroom #14, was Dan Sage. He came out of his classroom, and turned to look through the window into classroom #13. He could not get inside, because the door was locked. Sage knocked on window glass in an attempt to get Pritchard's attention. Sage saw Harriman holding a large semi-transparent plastic science kit container up as a shield to keep Pritchard from slashing at S.H., who was on the floor and bleeding severely.

Unable to open the classroom door, Sage grabbed a nearby snow shovel and broke out the glass window from the classroom door. Sage opened the door and tried to come to Harriman's aid. When Pritchard saw Sage coming to assist Harriman, he Pritchard threw student desks at Sage to prevent him Sage from entering the classroom. Sage moved the desks aside, and told Pritchard to get out. When Pritchard did not leave, Sage and Harriman held Pritchard at bay, keeping him away from S.H. until APD Officers Rollins and Bloodgood arrived moments later -- and officers subdued Pritchard without killing him, as described above.

Upon arrest, Pritchard was brought to Alaska Regional Hospital. He refused to identify himself to police officers. When APD Detective Robert Glen asked him for identifying information at the hospital, Pritchard said "... ---- you!...", and nothing more. Later that morning, Detective Glen applied for and was granted search warrant 3AN-01-234sw to obtain fingerprints for identification purposes. Later that day, APD fingerprint technicians identified the defendant as "Jason W. Pritchard" based on jail booking and police department fingerprint records.

With Pritchard under arrest, police interviewed many witnesses and searched the area. Significantly, APD Detective Bales found a 1992 Subaru parked near the corner of Irwin and McPhee -- a few blocks from the school. Detective Bales ran the plates on the car, and found that Jason W. Pritchard was the registered owner. Bales looked at the car, and quickly formed the opinion that the car had not been slept in.

Detective Bales walked around the area, and found a path a few yards away which led into a wooded area. Detective Bales walked along this path, and, about thirty feet from the car, she found a jacket, an alarm clock and a shredded piece of paper. The alarm clock was set to the correct time of day and was running. None of the items appeared as though they had been discarded in the wooded area for very long. Bales examined the paper, pieced it together like a jigsaw puzzle, and quickly determined that the paper was the torn DMV registration of the 1992 Subaru, which was parked nearby. On the back of the form, she saw a handwritten note:

"Remember Columbine
Young one, please read Revelation 13:8,9,10... It tell us that believe in God & Jesus Christ to stop spending money, to avoid getting the mark of the Beast. Leave all churches behind also you can't have anything to do with them if you want to avoid being destroyed and receive the gift of everlasting life. Also you must have the faith that killing little children is their only hope and don't you be afraid of wicked people killing you and sending you to meet God & Jesus. If you care don't be afraid of suicide Read the Bible book of Revelation Chapter 13."

Whether Pritchard's citation to Revelations, chapter 13 and the location of his arrest in classroom #13 is a matter of coincidence or design is a point which undersigned counsel is unable to further address at this writing.

Bail Information

Pritchard is 33 years old. He was born on 24 June 1967. His APSIN records indicate that he was born in Eugene, Oregon. He has the following criminal convictions and police contacts of which your affiant is aware:

DAN 02/24/99 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 98-10400 Y GUILTY N 102143205

DHO 06/24/98 STALKING 98-159 Y GUILTY N 101446497

DAN 04/22/98 FAILURE TO APPEAR 97-6642 Y GUILTY N 101326077

DKN 06/25/98 ASSAULT 97-1848 N GUILTY N 102417966

DKN 06/25/98 DAMAGE PROPERTY 97-1848 N GUILTY N 102417966

DAN 04/22/98 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 97-6642 Y GUILTY N 101326077

DAN 08/21/97 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 97-6540 N GUILTY N 102052755

DPA 07/18/97 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 97-1404 Y GUILTY N 102552813

DPA 07/18/97 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 97-1373 Y GUILTY N 102595032

DKN 10/03/96 RECKLESS DRIVING 96-1520 Y GUILTY N 100521144

DAN 12/23/95 DWI - ALCOHOL M9507417 Y NOLO CONTENDRE N 100800981

DKN 11/10/94 DRIV WHILE LIC SUS M9401290 Y NOLO CONTENDRE N 100457829

DKN 11/10/94 RECKLESS DRIVING M9401290 Y NOLO CONTENDRE N 100457829

DKN 08/26/94 RECKLESS DRIVING M9401103 Y NOLO CONTENDRE N 101063565

Further, Pritchard's archived police records reveal the following information:

3 October 1995; APD report #95-175373

APD officers arrested the defendant for DWI after a cab driver reported a man seen MSOW Man Slumped Over Wheel, in a parked and running car at the Skipper's parking lot near Spenard and Minnesota. The defendant eventually provided a 0.142% Intox 3000 sample. When Mirandized, he told APD officer Iverson that he had not been driving, and had drunk "several beers" at PJ's.

20 August 1997; APD report #97-169948

APD officers were dispatched to an apartment complex at E. 20th reference a trespass. They contacted the manager who said that Pritchard had persisted in soliciting residents after being warned off the premises. When contacted, Pritchard refused to leave. Staff then contacted APD.

The police officers told Pritchard at least five times that he would have to leave the complex, or he would be arrested. He left, but returned a few minutes later, and was seen by police knocking on an apartment door. He was arrested for trespass.

7 July 1997; APD report #97-134722

APD officers were dispatched to N. Birchwood and the New Glenn Highway reference a medic assist. Upon arrival, officers contacted Pritchard, who was speaking with a medic. Apparently, Pritchard wanted to lay down on the side of the highway, and the emergency personnel were trying to tell him he was not allowed to do so. Officer Moore wrote in his report, "after debating for 13 minutes why he could not lay on the side of the road, I told Pritchard to continue on his way and that his behavior was unlawful. I told Pritchard I would give him a ride to where he needed to go. He replied, "No!". I again told him he would have to leave or he would force me to arrest him for disorderly conduct. Pritchard replied, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me why I can not lay here. I am not breaking the law." Pritchard was arrested, and transported to the magistrate.

15 October 1997; Soldotna Police Department report #S9710-4621

According to his brother, Lonnie, Pritchard had been out of jail one day, and got drunk at the Goodnight Inn in Soldotna. He broke up hotel property, causing about $175 in damage. When the hotel owner told him to "mellow out", he jumped on the owner, injuring him. When arrested, he was brought to the hospital for medical clearance. At the hospital, he spat upon the arresting police sergeant. He struggled with officers and staff until a doctor ordered an injection of Haldol to subdue him. Sgt. Russell's report

13 April 1998; Homer Police Department report #98-1091

On 9 April 1998, a parent reported that Pritchard had approached three middle school age girls and grabbed their hands, and told them that they had to "make it right with God". Later that day, a citizen reported that a man was seen talking to a young boy about religious and sexual matters. The description matched the description given by the first caller. One called said that the man said his middle name was "Walter". The second called said that he heard the man mention that he was a Jehovah's Witness. The investigating police officer, Sergeant Rosencrans, called an elder of the local Jehovah's Witness Church, and asked if any member matched this information. The elder told the officer that the description matched "Jason Walter Pritchard" who had recently been excommunicated for visiting massage parlors.

With this information, Sergeant Rosencrans contacted the principals of the local schools, and asked if the school wanted the police department to issue trespass warnings to the defendant. The principals agreed.

On 13 April 1998. The vice-principal of the Homer High School contacted the police department and told police that a man matching Pritchard's description was seen talking to students in the school parking lot. Sergeant Rosencrans responded and contacted Pritchard. Rosencrans later wrote in his report that Pritchard was upset that he Rosencrans was contacting him. "He told me that I was harassing him and that he did not believe in the laws of man, but believed in the laws of God and held out a Bible to me." Sergeant Rosencrans then issued Pritchard a trespass warning for all the schools in the Homer area.

The next day, Homer police were called by a woman who said that her 14-year old son had been approached by a man who identified himself as Jason Pritchard, a few days earlier. She said that Pritchard asked her son for his telephone number, which her son had given to him. She said that Pritchard talked about God and sex with her son, and had said that "God and Mary didn't have sex, but they still had a baby" She said that the man asked her son to go to the store to get a soda and talk about God. She said her son walked away soon after.

The next day, Pritchard approached her son again, and immediately began to discuss sex and puberty, and gave her son a Bible. Pritchard contacted the boy several more times over the following days. He called the family home, and followed the boy around Homer. On one occasion, Pritchard followed this boy all the way, despite one bystander telling him to leave the boy alone. When the boy's mother saw Pritchard following her son home, she came out of her house, and yelled and screamed at him to leave her son alone.

The boy subsequently told the police that because Pritchard was constantly following him and speaking about sexual matters, the he was placed in fear that Pritchard would molest or kill him. Pritchard was subsequently arrested for Stalking 1_. He was convicted of Stalking 2_ in case #3HO-S98-159 on 24 June 1998.

5 December 1998; APD report #98-67671

Anchorage Rescue Mission staff called APD on 5 December 1998 to report that a man walked in to the Rescue Mission, at 2823 E. Tudor, threw several thousand dollars of cash in the air, dropped his duffel bag complete with identifying information and left. Police eventually collected $4,398 in cash, and the duffel bag, and logged it all into evidence.

As throwing away one's own cash does not constitute a crime, it appears, appropriately, that no criminal charges were ever filed as a result of this incident. While not a crime, one draws the obvious connection between this episode and the admonition for children to avoid "spending money" in the note found by Detective Bales in the woods near Mountain View Elementary on the morning of 7 May 2001.

6 December 1998; APD report #98-67757; court case 3AN-M98-10400

APD officers were dispatched to the Kingdom Hall Church on 6 December 1998 reference a suicidal man. When police arrived, they saw several men restraining Pritchard. Police interviewed church members, who said that Pritchard entered the church about halfway through services. Then, he stood up, and began shouting that "everyone must commit suicide to see God." Officer Fifer's report. Pritchard continued for about five minutes, and was asked to leave. When he refused, he was escorted off the property. He returned, would not leave, and was removed a second time. He returned as police arrived. Sergeant Webster noted in his report, that, as police arrived, he was attempting to return to the church a third time.

Pritchard was charged under court case #3AN-M98-10400. Based upon undersigned counsel's review of the Municipal Prosecutor's Office files, it appears that the defendant was not actually arraigned in court for many weeks because the defendant was placed on suicide watch at CIPT and Hiland Mountain. It appears that the court was told that the defendant was on 'hunger strike' for a period in December 1998.

Eventually, the defendant was arraigned, and entered a plea. The case appears to have been the subject of a competency proceeding and ultimately an extended sentencing hearing at which psychological testimony was presented by Drs. Maile and Sperbeck. 24 February 1999; Judge Rhoades.

9 March 1999; APD report #99-13027

On 9 March 1999, API staff telephoned APD to report that Pritchard was making death threats regarding children. API staff members told APD officers that the defendant, "long had beliefs about killing children". The staff member told APD that Pritchard "talks about killing children because of 'religious beliefs', because they are 'innocent', and he has self-castrated himself as part of his overall beliefs." (In fact, APD Detective Glen actually saw Pritchard disrobed at ARH on 7 May 2001, and reported that Pritchard's penis appeared artificially truncated.)

The API staff member told APD officer that Pritchard had spoken of a plan he had to "escape and go to his brother's residence, steal his guns, and murder his brother's girlfriend's children." The APD report indicates that the officers made attempts to warn Pritchard's brother at the last known address the police had for him.

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Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 8th day of May, 2001.

BRUCE M. BOTELHO
ATTORNEY GENERAL

By:

/signed/
James J. Fayette
Assistant District Attorney
Alaska Bar No. 9106035

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 8th day of May, 2001 at Anchorage, Alaska.

/signed/
Notary Public in and for Alaska
My commission expires: 08/07/2004

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