These are articles from the Anchorage Daily News on her murder. I wasn't able to find an obit for her.
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Sunday, April 29, 2001
Author: Jon Little Anchorage Daily News ; Staff
Rocky Seaman, a Kenai cocaine dealer convicted of conspiracy to commit a cold-blooded murder, has been dangling the prospect of finding his victim's body before prosecutors. Seaman was convicted last winter of conspiracy to kidnap and murder after a Kodiak jury hung 11-1 on murder charges. He was the only witness to the crime, and the victim's body was never found.
Prosecutors say Seaman killed Loreese ''Loree'' Hennagin, 29, on Kenai Beach in October 1996.
Shortly after the trial, he approached prosecutors with a proposed deal. He would tell them where to find the victim's body and give up his rights to appeal the case if they would cut 10 years from his sentence and drop charges against his alleged co-conspirator, his mother, Joan ''Avis'' McGahan. The state agreed. Seaman's Jan. 3 offer galled Hennagin's family, who were horrified that he would use her body as a bartering chip, and intrigued investigators. Then, two weeks later, Seaman inexplicably changed his mind. He offered no explanation.
''Having Rocky Seaman holding out on the body is exasperating,'' said Kenai Police Sgt. Chuck Kopp, who investigated the crime. ''It just shows that there's absolutely no remorse at all in him,'' said Karen Wilson of Kenai, Hennagin's mother. ''If you had any remorse at all, wouldn't you at least want to return the body to the family?''
Seaman, 44, was sentenced this month and will have 87 years to serve on his combined 1999 cocaine and 2000 murder conspiracy convictions, prosecutors say. At his April 13 sentencing, Seaman had a freshly shaved head, which Hennagin's mother described as looking something out of the movie ''Natural Born Killers.'' He remained silent but smiling throughout, she said. Even though Seaman reneged on a part of his settlement, he still has promised not to appeal his convictions, so the state has agreed to drop related kidnapping and murder conspiracy charges against his mother.
McGahan, 64, is serving a six-year sentence for a previous cocaine conviction at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River.
The mother-son team was part of a cocaine-selling ring on the Kenai Peninsula in the mid-1990s. Hennagin was the girlfriend of Seaman's brother Rusty, and police believe she was killed in revenge for stealing cocaine, jewelry and cash from McGahan's Anchorage home.
Police say McGahan and Seaman had Jeffrey Lackey, 41, of Anchorage lure Hennagin from her Kenai apartment down the steep Cook Inlet bluff to Kenai Beach, where the muddy, lower Kenai River empties into the Inlet. Once there, Lackey called Seaman on a cellphone. He left when Seaman arrived, according to police. Lackey later talked to investigators in exchange for a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder for his part in the crime.
Seaman's retracted offer has Hennagin's family and Kenai Police wondering whether he really knows where her body is. Kenai District Attorney Dwayne McConnell said Seaman's defense attorney indicated the offer was genuine. ''One possibility is she's in Cook Inlet and he's just pulling our chain, and the other is he's telling the truth and the body is recoverable,'' Kopp said.
Wilson said she'd be comforted to know Hennagin was laid to rest but not if it comes with a price that benefits Seaman. ''What I said in court to him was 'She's at rest now, she's in peace knowing he's in prison.' I wouldn't want any court or parole board to give him one minute off his sentence,'' she said.
Reporter Jon Little can be reached at [email protected] or at 907-260-5248.
Anchorage Daily News November 7, 1996
Police seek missing Kenai woman
The Kenai Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a missing Kenai woman. Loreese ''Lori'' Hennagin , also known as Lori Martin, was reported missing Oct. 11 by friends and family, Kenai police Sgt. Chuck Kopp said Wednesday. She was last seen Oct. 10 in Kenai, where she has lived for the past 15 years, Kopp said. Kenai police recently received unconfirmed reports that Hennagin may be in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. ''There are many things about this case that indicate the possibility of foul play,'' Kopp said. Hennagin is 29, 5 foot 4 and 120 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. Anyone with information about Hennagin 's whereabouts is asked to call the Kenai police, 283-7879, or Crime Stoppers, (800) 478-4258.
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Sunday, April 29, 2001
Author: Jon Little Anchorage Daily News ; Staff
Rocky Seaman, a Kenai cocaine dealer convicted of conspiracy to commit a cold-blooded murder, has been dangling the prospect of finding his victim's body before prosecutors. Seaman was convicted last winter of conspiracy to kidnap and murder after a Kodiak jury hung 11-1 on murder charges. He was the only witness to the crime, and the victim's body was never found.
Prosecutors say Seaman killed Loreese ''Loree'' Hennagin, 29, on Kenai Beach in October 1996.
Shortly after the trial, he approached prosecutors with a proposed deal. He would tell them where to find the victim's body and give up his rights to appeal the case if they would cut 10 years from his sentence and drop charges against his alleged co-conspirator, his mother, Joan ''Avis'' McGahan. The state agreed. Seaman's Jan. 3 offer galled Hennagin's family, who were horrified that he would use her body as a bartering chip, and intrigued investigators. Then, two weeks later, Seaman inexplicably changed his mind. He offered no explanation.
''Having Rocky Seaman holding out on the body is exasperating,'' said Kenai Police Sgt. Chuck Kopp, who investigated the crime. ''It just shows that there's absolutely no remorse at all in him,'' said Karen Wilson of Kenai, Hennagin's mother. ''If you had any remorse at all, wouldn't you at least want to return the body to the family?''
Seaman, 44, was sentenced this month and will have 87 years to serve on his combined 1999 cocaine and 2000 murder conspiracy convictions, prosecutors say. At his April 13 sentencing, Seaman had a freshly shaved head, which Hennagin's mother described as looking something out of the movie ''Natural Born Killers.'' He remained silent but smiling throughout, she said. Even though Seaman reneged on a part of his settlement, he still has promised not to appeal his convictions, so the state has agreed to drop related kidnapping and murder conspiracy charges against his mother.
McGahan, 64, is serving a six-year sentence for a previous cocaine conviction at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River.
The mother-son team was part of a cocaine-selling ring on the Kenai Peninsula in the mid-1990s. Hennagin was the girlfriend of Seaman's brother Rusty, and police believe she was killed in revenge for stealing cocaine, jewelry and cash from McGahan's Anchorage home.
Police say McGahan and Seaman had Jeffrey Lackey, 41, of Anchorage lure Hennagin from her Kenai apartment down the steep Cook Inlet bluff to Kenai Beach, where the muddy, lower Kenai River empties into the Inlet. Once there, Lackey called Seaman on a cellphone. He left when Seaman arrived, according to police. Lackey later talked to investigators in exchange for a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder for his part in the crime.
Seaman's retracted offer has Hennagin's family and Kenai Police wondering whether he really knows where her body is. Kenai District Attorney Dwayne McConnell said Seaman's defense attorney indicated the offer was genuine. ''One possibility is she's in Cook Inlet and he's just pulling our chain, and the other is he's telling the truth and the body is recoverable,'' Kopp said.
Wilson said she'd be comforted to know Hennagin was laid to rest but not if it comes with a price that benefits Seaman. ''What I said in court to him was 'She's at rest now, she's in peace knowing he's in prison.' I wouldn't want any court or parole board to give him one minute off his sentence,'' she said.
Reporter Jon Little can be reached at [email protected] or at 907-260-5248.
Anchorage Daily News November 7, 1996
Police seek missing Kenai woman
The Kenai Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a missing Kenai woman. Loreese ''Lori'' Hennagin , also known as Lori Martin, was reported missing Oct. 11 by friends and family, Kenai police Sgt. Chuck Kopp said Wednesday. She was last seen Oct. 10 in Kenai, where she has lived for the past 15 years, Kopp said. Kenai police recently received unconfirmed reports that Hennagin may be in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. ''There are many things about this case that indicate the possibility of foul play,'' Kopp said. Hennagin is 29, 5 foot 4 and 120 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. Anyone with information about Hennagin 's whereabouts is asked to call the Kenai police, 283-7879, or Crime Stoppers, (800) 478-4258.
These are articles from the Anchorage Daily News on her murder. I wasn't able to find an obit for her.
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Sunday, April 29, 2001
Author: Jon Little Anchorage Daily News ; Staff
Rocky Seaman, a Kenai cocaine dealer convicted of conspiracy to commit a cold-blooded murder, has been dangling the prospect of finding his victim's body before prosecutors. Seaman was convicted last winter of conspiracy to kidnap and murder after a Kodiak jury hung 11-1 on murder charges. He was the only witness to the crime, and the victim's body was never found.
Prosecutors say Seaman killed Loreese ''Loree'' Hennagin, 29, on Kenai Beach in October 1996.
Shortly after the trial, he approached prosecutors with a proposed deal. He would tell them where to find the victim's body and give up his rights to appeal the case if they would cut 10 years from his sentence and drop charges against his alleged co-conspirator, his mother, Joan ''Avis'' McGahan. The state agreed. Seaman's Jan. 3 offer galled Hennagin's family, who were horrified that he would use her body as a bartering chip, and intrigued investigators. Then, two weeks later, Seaman inexplicably changed his mind. He offered no explanation.
''Having Rocky Seaman holding out on the body is exasperating,'' said Kenai Police Sgt. Chuck Kopp, who investigated the crime. ''It just shows that there's absolutely no remorse at all in him,'' said Karen Wilson of Kenai, Hennagin's mother. ''If you had any remorse at all, wouldn't you at least want to return the body to the family?''
Seaman, 44, was sentenced this month and will have 87 years to serve on his combined 1999 cocaine and 2000 murder conspiracy convictions, prosecutors say. At his April 13 sentencing, Seaman had a freshly shaved head, which Hennagin's mother described as looking something out of the movie ''Natural Born Killers.'' He remained silent but smiling throughout, she said. Even though Seaman reneged on a part of his settlement, he still has promised not to appeal his convictions, so the state has agreed to drop related kidnapping and murder conspiracy charges against his mother.
McGahan, 64, is serving a six-year sentence for a previous cocaine conviction at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River.
The mother-son team was part of a cocaine-selling ring on the Kenai Peninsula in the mid-1990s. Hennagin was the girlfriend of Seaman's brother Rusty, and police believe she was killed in revenge for stealing cocaine, jewelry and cash from McGahan's Anchorage home.
Police say McGahan and Seaman had Jeffrey Lackey, 41, of Anchorage lure Hennagin from her Kenai apartment down the steep Cook Inlet bluff to Kenai Beach, where the muddy, lower Kenai River empties into the Inlet. Once there, Lackey called Seaman on a cellphone. He left when Seaman arrived, according to police. Lackey later talked to investigators in exchange for a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder for his part in the crime.
Seaman's retracted offer has Hennagin's family and Kenai Police wondering whether he really knows where her body is. Kenai District Attorney Dwayne McConnell said Seaman's defense attorney indicated the offer was genuine. ''One possibility is she's in Cook Inlet and he's just pulling our chain, and the other is he's telling the truth and the body is recoverable,'' Kopp said.
Wilson said she'd be comforted to know Hennagin was laid to rest but not if it comes with a price that benefits Seaman. ''What I said in court to him was 'She's at rest now, she's in peace knowing he's in prison.' I wouldn't want any court or parole board to give him one minute off his sentence,'' she said.
Reporter Jon Little can be reached at [email protected] or at 907-260-5248.
Anchorage Daily News November 7, 1996
Police seek missing Kenai woman
The Kenai Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a missing Kenai woman. Loreese ''Lori'' Hennagin , also known as Lori Martin, was reported missing Oct. 11 by friends and family, Kenai police Sgt. Chuck Kopp said Wednesday. She was last seen Oct. 10 in Kenai, where she has lived for the past 15 years, Kopp said. Kenai police recently received unconfirmed reports that Hennagin may be in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. ''There are many things about this case that indicate the possibility of foul play,'' Kopp said. Hennagin is 29, 5 foot 4 and 120 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. Anyone with information about Hennagin 's whereabouts is asked to call the Kenai police, 283-7879, or Crime Stoppers, (800) 478-4258.
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - Sunday, April 29, 2001
Author: Jon Little Anchorage Daily News ; Staff
Rocky Seaman, a Kenai cocaine dealer convicted of conspiracy to commit a cold-blooded murder, has been dangling the prospect of finding his victim's body before prosecutors. Seaman was convicted last winter of conspiracy to kidnap and murder after a Kodiak jury hung 11-1 on murder charges. He was the only witness to the crime, and the victim's body was never found.
Prosecutors say Seaman killed Loreese ''Loree'' Hennagin, 29, on Kenai Beach in October 1996.
Shortly after the trial, he approached prosecutors with a proposed deal. He would tell them where to find the victim's body and give up his rights to appeal the case if they would cut 10 years from his sentence and drop charges against his alleged co-conspirator, his mother, Joan ''Avis'' McGahan. The state agreed. Seaman's Jan. 3 offer galled Hennagin's family, who were horrified that he would use her body as a bartering chip, and intrigued investigators. Then, two weeks later, Seaman inexplicably changed his mind. He offered no explanation.
''Having Rocky Seaman holding out on the body is exasperating,'' said Kenai Police Sgt. Chuck Kopp, who investigated the crime. ''It just shows that there's absolutely no remorse at all in him,'' said Karen Wilson of Kenai, Hennagin's mother. ''If you had any remorse at all, wouldn't you at least want to return the body to the family?''
Seaman, 44, was sentenced this month and will have 87 years to serve on his combined 1999 cocaine and 2000 murder conspiracy convictions, prosecutors say. At his April 13 sentencing, Seaman had a freshly shaved head, which Hennagin's mother described as looking something out of the movie ''Natural Born Killers.'' He remained silent but smiling throughout, she said. Even though Seaman reneged on a part of his settlement, he still has promised not to appeal his convictions, so the state has agreed to drop related kidnapping and murder conspiracy charges against his mother.
McGahan, 64, is serving a six-year sentence for a previous cocaine conviction at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River.
The mother-son team was part of a cocaine-selling ring on the Kenai Peninsula in the mid-1990s. Hennagin was the girlfriend of Seaman's brother Rusty, and police believe she was killed in revenge for stealing cocaine, jewelry and cash from McGahan's Anchorage home.
Police say McGahan and Seaman had Jeffrey Lackey, 41, of Anchorage lure Hennagin from her Kenai apartment down the steep Cook Inlet bluff to Kenai Beach, where the muddy, lower Kenai River empties into the Inlet. Once there, Lackey called Seaman on a cellphone. He left when Seaman arrived, according to police. Lackey later talked to investigators in exchange for a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder for his part in the crime.
Seaman's retracted offer has Hennagin's family and Kenai Police wondering whether he really knows where her body is. Kenai District Attorney Dwayne McConnell said Seaman's defense attorney indicated the offer was genuine. ''One possibility is she's in Cook Inlet and he's just pulling our chain, and the other is he's telling the truth and the body is recoverable,'' Kopp said.
Wilson said she'd be comforted to know Hennagin was laid to rest but not if it comes with a price that benefits Seaman. ''What I said in court to him was 'She's at rest now, she's in peace knowing he's in prison.' I wouldn't want any court or parole board to give him one minute off his sentence,'' she said.
Reporter Jon Little can be reached at [email protected] or at 907-260-5248.
Anchorage Daily News November 7, 1996
Police seek missing Kenai woman
The Kenai Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a missing Kenai woman. Loreese ''Lori'' Hennagin , also known as Lori Martin, was reported missing Oct. 11 by friends and family, Kenai police Sgt. Chuck Kopp said Wednesday. She was last seen Oct. 10 in Kenai, where she has lived for the past 15 years, Kopp said. Kenai police recently received unconfirmed reports that Hennagin may be in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. ''There are many things about this case that indicate the possibility of foul play,'' Kopp said. Hennagin is 29, 5 foot 4 and 120 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. Anyone with information about Hennagin 's whereabouts is asked to call the Kenai police, 283-7879, or Crime Stoppers, (800) 478-4258.
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