Iohani Dean Indicted for Murder of Unborn Child

From the Attorney General’s Office:

Dec. 6, 2023 - (Anchorage, Alaska) Anchorage District Attorney Brittany Dunlop announced today that an Anchorage Grand Jury indicted Iohani Wilhem Dean, 21, on three counts of Murder of an Unborn Child, Manslaughter of an Unborn Child and three counts of Assault for the domestic violence assault of <victim name redacted>, which led to the death of her unborn child. 

The child was more than 36 weeks old at the time of death. Dean will be arraigned in Anchorage Superior Court on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

If convicted at trial, Dean faces a sentence of up to 99 years of imprisonment, a fine of $500,000, or both. 

The charges in the indictment are only allegations and are not evidence of guilt.  Dean is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the prosecution must prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 

(Related to APD Cases 23-12225, 23-12288, and 23-14478).