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Podcast: True Crime Never Sleeps
Episode: Murder in the Last Frontier: The Murder of Sophie Sergie
Description: In 1993, 20-year-old Sophie Sergie, a bright and promising student from a remote Alaskan village, was brutally murdered inside a University of Alaska Fairbanks dormitory bathroom. Despite occurring in a building full of students, no one saw or heard the crime — and for nearly three decades, the case remained unsolved. In this episode, we explore Sophie’s life, the disturbing failures in campus security, and the powerful role that modern forensic genealogy played in finally bringing her killer to justice. This is the story of heartbreak, persistence, and groundbreaking police work in one of Alaska’s most haunting cold cases.T...