Episode #156: Beyond the Keystone - Alaska

This month on Beyond the Keystone: Two dismembered bodies. A scenic Alaskan coastline. And a known sex trafficker with ties to both victims. Join Melissa as she dives into the brutal, unsolved murders of Desiree Lekanoff and Michelle Rothe—two women failed by the system and forever silenced. Alaska holds its secrets tight… but someone out there knows the truth.

Desiree Lekanoff Michelle Rothe

Age 22, Deceased 06/18/2003 Age 32, Deceased 09/06/2003

Desiree's partial remains were found on June 18, 2003 in the waters Michelle's remains were found September in of the Turnagain Arm near Beluga Point. Lekanoff had been listed as a September 6, 2003 in the waters of the missing person since December 2001, after her boyfriend reported her Turnagain Arm near the Oceanview missing to authorities. residential subdivision. Detectives

believe she was murdered sometime

between June and July 2003. She had not

been reported missing, but was reportedly

last during the spring of 2003.

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