Prosecutor: Man Accused of Killing 2 Alaska Native Women Recorded Images of Both Victims

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A man accused of murdering two Alaska Native women recorded images of both of his victims, and the break in the case came when a third woman stole the man’s phone and provided police with photos and videos of one of the killings, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements in the case Tuesday. Brian Steven Smith faces 14 counts, including first- and second-degree murder, assault, and tampering with evidence, in the deaths of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. Authorities said he strangled Henry, 30, in an Anchorage hotel room in September 2019, and that when they questioned him about it he volunteered that he had also killed Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019....