Michael Silka

American spree killer

Michael Alan Silka (20 August 1958 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, near Chicago – 19 May 1984 in Alaska) was an American spree killer. It is believed that he killed nine people near a town called Manley Hot Springs in Alaska in May 1984. Silka was killed in a shootout with police after his murders.[1]

Victims change

  • Fred Burk (also spelled Burke), 30
  • Albert Hagen, Jr., 27
  • Joyce Klein, about 30
  • Lyman Klein, 36
  • Marshall Klein, 2
  • Dale Madajski, 24
  • Larry Joe McVey, 38
  • Roger Culp, 34
  • Troy L. Duncan, 34

References change

  1. "AROUND THE NATION; Bodies of 4 Are Found After Alaska Shootings". The New York Times. June 24, 1984. Retrieved May 10, 2013.