A Frozen Thriller: Winter City Wolf Moon

Brian Steven Smith who filmed deadly torture gets 226 years in prison for killings of 2 Alaska women: "In my movies, everybody always dies"

Brian Steven Smith arrives in a courtroom after a break on Feb. 6, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. Smith, who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder on Feb. 22, 2024, in her death and that of another Alaska Native woman.Mark Thiessen / AP

In a real life twist on Winter City Wolf Moon, Brian Steven Smith received 99-year sentences each for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her.

"Both were treated about as horribly as a person can be treated," Alaska Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said when imposing the sentence.

"It's the stuff of nightmares," Saxby said.

The remaining 28 years were for other charges, like sexual assault and tampering with evidence. Alaska does not have the death penalty. 

Both Alaska Native women were from small villages in western Alaska and experienced homelessness when living in Anchorage.

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