Man Found Guilty of Murder in Alaska Native Woman’s Killing That Was Captured on Stolen Memory Card

Man Found Guilty of Murder in Alaska Native Woman’s Killing That Was Captured on Stolen Memory Card
Brian Steven Smith arrives in a courtroom after a break in Anchorage, Alaska on Feb. 6, 2024. Mark Thiessen/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A South African man who tortured an Alaska Native woman and narrated as he recorded a video of her dying was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday for killing her and another Native woman.

The Anchorage jury returned a unanimous verdict against Brian Steven Smith after deliberating for less than two hours.