John Peel and the Libby 8

John Peel was hired to work on the Libby 8 after being fired from his previous job. He met Mark Colthurst in Ketchikan and asked if he could hitch a ride with him to Craig, where he hoped to find work. After meeting Dean Moon and Jerome Cowan, Peel sold them $400 worth of cannabis - though he denied this. On September 5, 1982, Peel went into town for dinner but when Brian Polinkus returned at around midnight, Peel's bed was empty. John Peel later told Brian that he'd been at his girlfriend's house on the night of the murders. Although Peel had a wife in Washington, he'd been seeing a young woman in Craig