Update on July 29, 2016:

Anchorage police have positively identified the 33-year-old female victim; her next of kin have been notified. The victim and suspect did know each other and had a prior relationship.

Original Release:

On Wednesday, July 27, at about 11:30 PM, Anchorage Police were called to a possible homicide at the 900 block of East 46th Court.  When police arrived, they found the male suspect being held on the ground by two individuals.  Officers entered the suspect’s apartment and found an individual with multiple stab wounds deceased inside.  Witnesses told police that the suspect, Kelly Frederick, 33, lived in the apartment complex. Witnesses heard an altercation in Frederick’s apartment and called police when they confronted him in-person and observed blood on his hands.

Frederick was taken into custody and was charged with Murder 1 and Murder 2.  He was taken to the Anchorage Jail where he is being held without bail.

The identity of the deceased is unknown.  The medical examiner’s office took custody of the body and will attempt identification through fingerprints.  Further information will be released as it becomes available.

APD Case 16-31631