Alaska Serial Killer Who Admitted to Killing Five People Has Died in an Indiana Prison

Published on June 23, 2024

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—An Alaska serial killer who admitted that he killed five people, including one when he was only 14, has died in an Indiana prison, officials said. Joshua Wade, 44, was found unresponsive in his cell June 14, Brandi Pahl, a spokesperson for the Indiana Department of Correction, said in an email Friday. “Despite life-saving measures being performed, he was pronounced dead,” she said. An autopsy was to be performed after Wade died at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, to determine the cause of death. An email sent to the La Porte County, Indiana, coroner was not immediately returned Friday....