Feb 14, 2025 · Kent Leppink was murdered in 1996 near Hope Alaska. Many media sources attribute his death to a love triangle gone wrong but the truth is so much more complicated. After decades have passed, multiple trials, convictions and appeals, no one is currently being held responsible for his death.

Kent Leppink was a fisherman who was killed in Hope, Alaska, in May 1996. His former fiancée, Mechele Linehan, and former roommate, John Carlin, were convicted of murdering him in 2007, but the judgments were reversed on appeal.

Jan 27, 2021 · Mechele Linehan, having turned into a suburban wife and mother, was convicted of Kent’s murder in October 2007. John Carlin had been convicted of the same in April. They both subsequently filed an appeal against their verdict, maintaining their innocence.

Dec 27, 2015 · Kent Leppink was shot to death in the Alaskan wilderness. After a decade, the woman he'd hoped to marry, Michele Linehan - and another of her admirers, John Carlin - were charged with Leppink's...

Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. [1] Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. Kent was of English descent. [2][3] He lived much of his early life in and around New York City, where he attended the Horace Mann School.

Jan 22, 2018 · Did an Alaska Fisherman Point to His Murderers in a Letter Before His Death? Kent Leppink, 36, was found fatally shot in 1996, and speculation about who killed him has swirled ever since.

Jan 27, 2021 · Along with Kent, they had hoped that Alaska would be a better place for him with its promise of a new beginning. Unfortunately, though, soon after, the 36-year-old’s cold and lifeless body was recovered from near a deserted road about 90 …

Jan 19, 2012 · The future of a murder case against ex-stripper Mechele Linehan — formerly convicted of killing Shelby native Kent John Leppink in Alaska for his money — is unclear now that a judge has let...

Nov 23, 2022 · On the morning of May 2, 1996, Kent Leppink, a 36-year-old commercial fisherman, was found shot to death near Hope, Alaska, about 90 miles from Anchorage. A pathologist estimated Leppink was killed sometime between mid-day on April 30 and the early morning hours of May 2.

Jan 19, 2018 · Who Killed the Fiancé of an Alaska Exotic Dancer Engaged to Three Men at the Same Time? Mechele Linehan was convicted in 2007 as a conspirator in the 1996 killing of Kent Leppink, but her ...