...Police Officer John Watson in the Kenai VIP Subdivision on Christmas 2003. The jury, which Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood sent into deliberations just after noon, reached its verdicts at about 4:30 p.m. In addition to finding Forster...

...accused of killing Lori Hennagin, 29, of Kenai four years ago. Her body has never been found. Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood dismissed the kidnapping charge Tuesday in response to a motion from defense lawyer Jim McComas. McComas asked the...

...charged with shooting Watson to death on Christmas last year, had been scheduled to begin Nov. 1. On Thursday, Judge Donald Hopwood, speaking telephonically from Kodiak, rescheduled the trial for Feb. 28, 2005, so the court could meet on the...

...is now retired. Murtagh had planned to call a psychiatrist to testify about Forster's mental status, but Judge Donald Hopwood ruled the state was not given sufficient notice and did not have time to review the doctor's report, so the second...

...evidence for trying to get witnesses to say Herndon drove the four-wheeler. In January 2009, Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood sentenced Shandy to 16 years for manslaughter and another three years for witness tampering, to be served consecutively...