Homicide; 200-block Newell Street
UPDATE: Oct. 29, 2024, 1:16 PM
From the Alaska Attorney General’s office:
“Today, 39-year-old Tylan Lee-Kaulana Fely pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and daughter in November 2019 in Anchorage. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna accepted Fely’s plea to two counts of Murder in the Second Degree. Per the agreement, Fely will be sentenced to 100 years in jail with none suspended and will not be eligible for discretionary parole until he has served 55 years of his sentence. All other charges were dismissed.
On Nov. 30, 2019, Fely murdered his 30-year-old wife, Cecilia Tuuaga, and 13-year-old daughter, Neveah Tuuaga. Fely shot and killed Cecilia Tuuaga at their home in front of Nevaeh Tuuaga. He then drove Nevaeh Tuuaga and Cecilia Tuuaga’s body around before stopping at a gas station. Fely stayed on the phone with Nevaeh Tuuaga while she purchased a gas can and filled it up. Fely then shot and killed his daughter in a vacant lot before setting the car on fire with both bodies inside. The bodies were discovered after the Anchorage Fire Department responded to a report of a burning vehicle by a passerby.
The court will decide whether to accept the agreement by the parties at a sentencing hearing. Judge McKenna ordered the Department of Corrections to prepare a presentence report to assist it in determining whether to accept the agreement.
Sentencing is scheduled to begin March 7, 2025, in front of Judge McKenna. Fely is currently in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections and is no longer eligible to be released on conditions of release. The case was investigated by the Anchorage Police Department’s Homicide Unit with assistance from the Anchorage Fire Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
UPDATE: Dec. 11, 2019
FROM THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF LAW:
“An Anchorage grand jury yesterday indicted 34-year-old Tylan Fely for the murders of his wife Cecilia Tuuaga and their 13-year-old daughter Neveah Tuuaga.
The indictment charges two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of second-degree murder, five counts of tampering with physical evidence, one count of third-degree arson, one count of third-degree criminal mischief, and one count of third-degree weapons misconduct, all stemming from Fely’s conduct on November 30, 2019. The prosecution also has charged Fely with two counts of first-degree corpse misconduct and one count of second-degree criminally negligent burning.
If convicted at trial, Fely faces a sentence of up to 99 years imprisonment for each of the murder charges, up to 5 years for each of the evidence tampering, arson, criminal mischief, and weapons misconduct charges, and up to 1 year for the corpse misconduct and criminally negligent burning charges.
The charges in the indictment are only allegations and are not evidence of guilt. Defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the prosecution must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Fely is currently in the custody of the Department of Corrections. He is scheduled to be arraigned before the Superior Court on December 12, 2019.”
More information about the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office is available at http://www.law.alaska.gov/department/criminal/adao.html.
Update 12/2/19 2:30 p.m.:
Detectives identified a suspect in this investigation and took him into custody this morning. He was questioned, arrested and transported to jail.
The suspect has been identified as Tylan Fely (34 years old). He faces multiple charges including Murder 1, Murder 2, Arson 3, Misconduct Involving a Weapon 3, Misconduct Involving a Corpse, Tampering with Evidence, Criminal Negligent Burning 2 and Criminal Mischief 3.
The victims are believed to be an adult female and juvenile female. The cause of death and identities of the two victims are still being investigated and haven’t been determined at this time.
Detectives believe this is an isolated incident and domestic related.
Original 12/1/19 12:45 a.m.:
At 11:12 PM on November 30, 2019, both the Anchorage Police Department and Anchorage Fire Department responded to the 200-block of Newell Street in reference to reports of a vehicle fire. Upon arrival an SUV was found fully engulfed while parked in a vacant lot; it appears there are two deceased individuals inside. APD’s crime scene team will be responding to process the scene along with AFD. The exact cause of death, and identities of the victims, will be determined/confirmed by the Medical Examiner. The names of the victims will be released once next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed.
Anyone with information regarding this incident, to include surveillance footage of the area, is asked to contact Police Dispatch at 3-1-1 (option #1).
APD CASE: 19-43128
