166. Sophie Sergie - The Dorm Room Victim
Added 2023-05-28 15:01:00 +0000 UTCOn this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the murder of college student, Sophie Sergie.
Links:
https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband
Episode Sources:
Foxnews.com, “Alaska’s cold case murder of Sophie Sergie: Audio of Maine suspect played at trial,” by Associated Press, February 3, 2022
Cbsnews.com, “Man found guilty 29 years after woman found dead in Alaska college dorm bathtub,” by CBS/AP, February 11, 2002
Alaska Public Media, alaskapublic.org, “Sophie Sergie cold case murder trial ends and goes to jury,” by Robyne, KUAC – Fairbanks, February 8, 2022
Alaska Public Media, alaskapublic.org, “Man sentenced to 75 years in prison for 1993 murder and sexual assault of Sophie Sergie at UAF,” by Robyne, KUAC – Fairbanks, September 27, 2022
WABI5, wabi.tv, “Steven Downs sentenced to 75 years for 1993 murder of Sophie Sergie in his Alaska college dorm,” by WABI News Desk, September 27, 2022
Oxygen.com, “Maine Nurse Gets 75 Years For Raping, Killing Woman in Alaska Dorm in 1993,” by Dorian Geiger, September 28, 2022
Findagrave.com, Sophie Sergie
Darkdowneast.com, “The Case of Sophie Sergie: Arrest in Maine,” by Kylie Low, January 17, 2022
Worldpopulationreview.com, Pitkas Point, Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, newsminer.com, “Convicted Maine man gets new lawyer for murder appeal in Sophie Sergie case,” by Christopher Williams, January 4, 2023
Copper River Country Journal, “Finally, A Trial. Sophie Sergie Was Killed In a Fairbanks Dorm in 1993,” by Trooper News, 2022
Usda.gov, pitkas point, “Who Will Get the First Bath?” by Tasha Deardorff, Rural Alaskan Village Grant Porgram Manager Posted in “Rural,” September 26, 2011
Alaska.edu, Bartlett Hall (UAF)
Web.archive.org, “Death in Bartlett Hall,” by Michael Kern, no date provided
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “UAF Sets Up Hotline for Parents After Murder,” by Roseanne Pagano, April 27, 1993
Newspapers.com, Journal and Courier, “Slaying unnerves campus,” by The Associated Press, April 30, 1993
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “UAF Bids Solemn Farewell to Former Student Killed in Dorm,” by Jim Clarke, April 30, 1993
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “Students Moving Out of Dorm Following Slaying,” no author provided, April 29, 1993
Newspapers.com, Detroit Free Press, “Slaying gives college students ‘wake-up call,’” by Jim Clarke, May 2, 1993
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “Troopers Say Campus Killer ‘Very, Very Angry at Women,’” no author provided, May 10, 1993
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “UA Fairbanks Campus Made Safer After Woman Slain,” no author provided, June 14, 1993
Newspapers, com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “Family of Woman Slain at UAF Sues for $4 Million,” no author provided, October 27, 1995
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “UA Seeks Settlement in Suit Over Campus Death,” no author provided, December 24, 1996
Newspapers.com, Daily Sitka Sentinel, “Troopers Using Internet In Murder Investigation,” December 30, 1996
Sunjournal.com, “Anatomy of a cold case: A breakdown of the Steven Downs murder trial,” by Christopher Williams, February 19, 2022, updated March 1, 2022
Anchorage Daily News, “25 years after Sophie Sergie was found dead in a UAF bathtub, Maine man charged with murder,” by Madeline McGee, February 15, 2019, updated February 22, 2019
Pfr.Maine.gov, Regulatory Licensing & Permitting, Steven Harris Downs
News Center Maine, newscentermaine.com, “Maine man appeals convictions, sentences in Alaska murder,” by Associated Press, October 26, 2022
Assisted research and writing by Diane Birnholz
Comments
There are still bathtubs lol those bathrooms are the nasty bathrooms I’ve ever been in
2023-06-12 22:00:32 +0000 UTCAlso Happy Birthday!!
2023-06-12 21:44:06 +0000 UTCYou did my recommendation! I am a Corrections Officer in the jail he was held for a while. I’ve interacted with him many times
2023-06-12 21:33:05 +0000 UTCThis lack of security/monitoring was very common back in the 90s.
2023-05-30 16:30:14 +0000 UTCI also full on cried through Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in theaters with my boyfriend 😂😭
2023-05-29 22:38:55 +0000 UTCAt my college we were community advisors (CAs) but every where else they seem to be RAs so people think I’m usually making things up 😂😂😂
2023-05-29 16:57:00 +0000 UTCI know he has no prior criminal history, but it makes me wonder…what if he has committed other crimes before? He’s just never been caught.
2023-05-29 16:25:43 +0000 UTCi’m curious about the lawsuit sergie’s mother filed. was there any resolution in that, or did the family receive any kind of monetary compensation for sergie’s murder? because weather or not the crime took place inside or outside of the dorm, the college would still be responsible for a crime that took place on their campus, because the campus would be under the college’s jurisdiction, right?
karen ann chalupnik
2023-05-29 05:51:30 +0000 UTC
