More than a year after a fire raced through an Anchorage apartment building, leaving three people dead, two suspects – one of them at large – face murder charges in connection with the case.
Carleigh Fox, 29, and Andrew Eknaty, 30, each face 37 charges including nine counts of murder, along with other offenses including manslaughter, assault and arson in connection with the Royal Suite Lodge blaze which left Vivian Hall, Teuaililo Nua and Laura Kramer dead, according to Anchorage District Attorney Rick Allen’s office. Fox is currently in custody.
The deadly blaze along Minnesota Drive south of Spenard Road allegedly stemmed from a Feb. 15, 2017 incident in which Fox crashed her vehicle while intoxicated, then eluded police. Eknaty, a passenger in the vehicle, then drove it to the Royal Suites Lodge and parked it under the carport.
“A fire was then started in the passenger compartment of the vehicle in an attempt to destroy evidence of Fox’s eluding,” prosecutors wrote.