Did Newton Lambert Murder the Benolkens?
11 March 2026

Did Newton Lambert Murder the Benolkens?

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Who brutally raped and murdered James and Anne Benolken in their Juneau apartment in 1982? Nearly four decades later, many questions remain unanswered.


Sources

Starr, Douglas. 12-1-2013. Do police interrogation techniques produce false confessions?


Episode 4: The Benolken Murders, the police investigation and Special Agent Malone

Leo Helmar. Murder Alaska


Episode 2: Introduction to the Benolken Case. Available at:


Episode 3: About the brutal murders of James and Anne Benolken in Juneau, Alaska in 1982


Who Really Murdered the Benolkens? KTOO Public Media


Juneau man wants DNA tested, seeks review of nearly 30-year old homicide conviction. KTOO Public Media.


Integrity of preserved evidence from Benolken double homicide is questioned


Court to issue opinion on possible DNA testing in decades-old Juneau homicide. KTOO Public Media. Matt Miller.


Juneau, Alaska (KINY) The Alaska Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling denying DNA evidence in the case of Newton Patric Lambert Friday Saturday, November 17th, 2018 8:13


Who is Michael P. Malone? Corrupt F.B.I. Agent’s Testimony Sent Innocent Man to Prison; Donald Eugene Gates was Convicted of Rape-Murder He Did Not Commit.


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