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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2002

An Alaska man who was convicted of removing the skull of an Alaska Native child from a grave site, died last month after shooting himself in the head, authorities said.

Ian Lynch was the first person in the state convicted for grave-robbing. He served three months on a misdemeanor charge after an appeals court kicked out a felony indictment.

Get the Story:
Skull finder's death a suicide (The Anchorage Daily News 6/17)

Get Lynch's Case:
US v. LYNCH, No 99-30325 (9th Cir. December 07, 2000)

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