Bethel grand jury indicts Kipnuk man in 2014 Tununak murder case

Following a grand jury indictment, authorities arrested a Kipnuk man on an outstanding warrant last Saturday.

Ryan Samson, 33, is facing three felony charges of first-degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence.

According to the online trooper dispatch, Samson tried to clean up the crime scene after committing a murder last October near Tununak.

The man who died was 36-year-old Tununak resident Walter “Jason” Walter.

Samson was in the Bethel courthouse Sunday morning. He is being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center.