"Gruesome Recordings on Stolen Memory Card Spark Double Murder Trial in Alaska"

A woman stole a digital memory card from a truck in Anchorage, Alaska, and turned it over to police, containing gruesome photos and videos of a woman being beaten and strangled at a Marriott hotel. The footage is key evidence in the double murder trial of Brian Steven Smith, who has pleaded not guilty to charges including first- and second-degree murder, sexual assault, and tampering with evidence in the deaths of Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk, both Alaska Native women who had experienced homelessness. Smith, a South Africa native, has been linked to the crimes through the footage and his own admissions to police.