FPD Press Release - Death Investigation - Case #20-0119
Date: 1/16/20 *UPDATE*
MEDIA CONTACT: Teal Soden, Communications Director, tsoden@fairbanks.us
This evening, at approximately 6pm, Eric Palmer Rustad (D.O.B. 6/20/80) was arrested for the murder of Kristen Huntington.
Rustad was taken into custody on a no-bail warrant and charged with the following:
-Murder 1
-Tampering w/ Physical Evidence
-Misconduct w/ a Corpse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FPD Case 20-000119, Death Investigation *UPDATE*
DATE: January 14, 2020
On the evening of January 12, 2020, Fairbanks Police located a deceased individual inside a vacant apartment during a continued search for a missing person. On the morning of January 14, 2020, the Alaska State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the deceased individual and was able to positively identify the deceased as Kristen Huntington (D.O.B. 11/21/1989), who had been reported missing on January 10, 2020. Next of kin has been notified.
This case is being investigated as a homicide. Further details will be released as they become available. Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact Fairbanks Police Department Detective Division at 907-450-6550 or at FPDInvestigations@fairbanks.us.
