
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In the small town of Kotzebue, Alaska, police responded to a call at the mayor’s property and found 25-year-old Jennifer Kirk dead, a rifle beside her and a bullet wound under her chin. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide.
But many in the community saw something different: a history of domestic violence involving all three of the mayor’s sons, unanswered questions at the scene, and an investigation closed almost as soon as it began. Today’s episode examines a powerful family, a rushed case, and a community still searching for the truth.
Want early access to every episode, all at once? Tenderfoot+ subscribers get the full case at the start of each month—plus ad-free listening and exclusive content from over 30 shows. Sign up at tenderfootplus.com.
Find all action items, sources, and resources in the show notes at truercrimepodcast.com.
Keep up with us through our Truer Crime Substack Newsletter.
Follow @truercrimepod on Instagram and X.
Follow me @celisiastanton on Instagram and TikTok.
Sign up for my weekly newsletter, Sincerely, Celisia.
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
By Celisia Stanton4.8
24822,482 ratings
In the small town of Kotzebue, Alaska, police responded to a call at the mayor’s property and found 25-year-old Jennifer Kirk dead, a rifle beside her and a bullet wound under her chin. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide.
But many in the community saw something different: a history of domestic violence involving all three of the mayor’s sons, unanswered questions at the scene, and an investigation closed almost as soon as it began. Today’s episode examines a powerful family, a rushed case, and a community still searching for the truth.
Want early access to every episode, all at once? Tenderfoot+ subscribers get the full case at the start of each month—plus ad-free listening and exclusive content from over 30 shows. Sign up at tenderfootplus.com.
Find all action items, sources, and resources in the show notes at truercrimepodcast.com.
Keep up with us through our Truer Crime Substack Newsletter.
Follow @truercrimepod on Instagram and X.
Follow me @celisiastanton on Instagram and TikTok.
Sign up for my weekly newsletter, Sincerely, Celisia.
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

62,711 Listeners

7,473 Listeners

30,780 Listeners

22,217 Listeners

32,701 Listeners

1,968 Listeners

4,344 Listeners

4,215 Listeners

3,599 Listeners

883 Listeners

2,144 Listeners

3,233 Listeners

1,260 Listeners

1,814 Listeners

8,008 Listeners

4,892 Listeners

1,677 Listeners

5,391 Listeners

1,461 Listeners

2,208 Listeners

283 Listeners

133 Listeners

85 Listeners

305 Listeners

124 Listeners

1,078 Listeners

795 Listeners

500 Listeners

960 Listeners

7,312 Listeners

782 Listeners

1,207 Listeners