...first-degree murder in the August slaying of a 19-year-old woman. Alaska State Troopers on Saturday night charged Matthew Clay Owens, 28, with killing Sonya Ivanoff, 19, by shooting her in the back of the head with a .22-caliber firearm...

...19-year-old woman will be sentenced next spring. Superior Court Judge Ben Esch on Thursday set a sentencing date for Matthew Clay Owens for April 17. The state is seeking the maximum penalty of 99 years for the 30-year-old Owens. Owens was convicted...

...city's outskirts. She had been shot in the back of the head. Alaska State Troopers charged Nome police officer Matthew Clay Owens with the death late that October. Troopers were asked by Nome police to take over the case. Owens is being tried...

...that had been stored at the Nome Police Department, a firearms expert testified. Robert Shem spoke at the trial of Matthew Clay Owens, 29, a former Nome police officer charged with murder and evidence tampering in the death of Ivanoff, 19, in...