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His 1949 murder confession was thrown out. Decades later, he went on a killing spree in Minnesota
The Alaska Supreme Court excluded Carignan's 1949 confession due to psychological manipulation, enabling his later violent crimes across multiple states, including Minnesota in the 1970s.
- On July 31, 1949, the Alaska Supreme Court threw out Harvey Carignan's written confession and vacated the conviction in Lola Showalter's killing in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Carignan's lawyers argued the confession was obtained during detention and involved psychological manipulation, later raising mental-unfitness and religious-delusion defenses with Joseph Friedberg, defense attorney.
- Physical evidence from the Minneapolis arrest showed the Minneapolis Police Department found a map of North America with 180 circled locations in Carignan's vehicle, linking one area to Laura L. Brock's remains and another to where Katherine Sue Miller's body was found.
- Following the Minneapolis arrest, prosecutors secured convictions including murders of two Minnesota women and an admitted assault on a nursing student, with District Judge Robert Bakke presiding.
- The court reversal set the stage for a cross-North America crime trail, as Carignan became known as `The Want Ad Killer` and `Harv the Hammer`, with renewed attention after March 6, 2023.
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His 1949 murder confession was thrown out. Decades later, he went on a killing spree in Minnesota
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Supreme Court Decision to throw out a murder conviction in 1949 marked the beginning of Harvey Carignan’s streak of legal luck — and deadly consequences for women across North America. Carignan, who was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and grew up in the state before enlisting in the Army. He was stationed in Alaska when he was convicted in the murder of Lola Showalter, a 57-year-old woman who was bludgeoned on July 31,…
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