Alaska State Troopers arrested a 20-year-old man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing two teenagers more than 60 times, killing them.

Suspect Shakir Carawan charged with ‘violent murder’ [in the first and second degrees] In a statement released on social media, the Alaska State Police said that Novelli Rivers and Abigail Olson were arrested for “tampering with physical evidence, unlawful conduct involving a third-degree controlled substance, and criminal activity in an arid community. “Providing alcohol to minors.”

“In total, more than 60 cuts and stab wounds were recorded by the state medical examiner on the victim’s body,” according to the police report. obtained By Alaska News Source. (Related article: Minnesota man sentenced to 33 years in prison for killing wife during Bible study)

A police statement said authorities are offering $10,000 for information leading to “the arrest and indictment of those responsible for the deaths of Novelli Rivers and Abigail Olson.” “The Alaska Bureau of Investigation would like to thank the Hooper Bay community for their assistance and for providing tips and information that aided the investigation,” they added.

The Hooper Bay Police Department in Alaska began investigating the case after receiving a report of two unresponsive women at a local home on the morning of October 2nd. Rivers, 18, had been texting an unknown number before her death, the newspaper reported.

Alaska State Troopers have arrested Novelee Rivers and Abigail Olson, both 18, four days after they were found dead in a Hooper Bay home. https://t.co/3NyvmcebtS

— Alaska News Source (@AKNewsNow) October 6, 2024

She asked the recipient to bring marijuana and a torch to smoke it with, but the recipient responded that he had “homemade” and would bring it, according to a search warrant obtained by news outlets. “I’m by the porch now,” the last message from an unknown number read.

Police determined the unknown number belonged to Carawan, Rivers’ cousin. After obtaining a search warrant for Carawan’s residence, investigators said they found a pair of shoes with blood stains on them that matched the tread pattern of those found at the crime scene.

Investigators also found a knife hidden between Carawan’s kitchen refrigerator and an adjacent wall, which they believe was the murder weapon. The tip of the knife was missing, and police said it matched the tip found in one of the victims’ skulls, the newspaper reported.

According to an incident report obtained by the media, Carawan initially denied being at the murder scene, but later recanted and admitted that he brought marijuana and homemade beer to the scene and killed the two women. That’s what it means. Investigators also noted that the suspect sustained two bandaged lacerations and several healing cuts to his knuckles, wrists and forearms during the interrogation.

Carawan also allegedly admitted that after killing the women, he threw the victims’ cellphones in a lake and their bloody clothes in a river. Police recovered a mobile phone and found a bag containing bloodstained clothing in a steam bath on Carawan’s property.

The court scheduled a preliminary hearing in the case for October 17.