Gun believed to be connected to Kenai double homicide found
Kenai police searching a river have found a gun believed to be connected to the shooting deaths of a woman and her daughter.
KSRM-radio reports says police searched the Kenai River with a Nikiski dive team Thursday.
Police Chief Dave Ross says the handgun found is consistent with what authorities were searching for. He says the gun will be sent to the state crime lab.
Twenty-five-year-old Masonn Byrd is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 60-year-old Rachelle Armstrong and her 39-year-old daughter, Lisa Rutzebeck.
The women were found dead early Sunday morning inside a home on Kenai's north side. Police arrested Byrd on Tuesday.
Online court documents do not list Byrd's attorney. He told police had no involvement in the shootings.
