Murder trial of Auburn man begins in Alaska with testimony from victim's friend
Steven H. Downs, now 47, is accused in the 1993 slaying of Sophie Sergie, 20, at a Fairbanks university bathroom.
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Steven H. Downs, now 47, is accused in the 1993 slaying of Sophie Sergie, 20, at a Fairbanks university bathroom.
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Living a quiet life and working as a nurse in Maine, 44-year-old Steven Downs was surprised to receive a knock on his door from police about an Alaska murder.
Read Article The defense was seeking Monday to cast doubt on the guilt of an Auburn man who is charged with the rape and murder of an Alaskan woman in 1993 by introducing half a dozen alternative suspects. A judge in the case heard arguments from Lewiston defense attorney James Howaniec in support of a motion allowing him to present evidence to a jury at trial that at least six other men may have been involved somehow in the rape and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Surgie. Each of those men was viewed by investigators as a person of interest, Howaniec told Fairbanks Alaska Superior Court Judge ...