Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

Location: Wasilla

Type: MVA – Fatal, Manslaughter, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Hit & Run, DUI, & VCOR

Dispatch Text:

UPDATE 12/28 1 pm: The deceased female is 30-year-old Kotzebue resident Athena Chambers. Next of kin notifications have been completed. Chambers’ body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.

ORIGINAL: On 12/28/2023 at approximately 0216 hours, Alaska State Troopers responded to Hollywood Road near Dickerson St. in Wasilla for a report of a female who was struck by a vehicle and killed. Investigation led to the arrest of Billy Sheldon, age 33 of Anchorage*, on the charges of Manslaughter, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Hit & Run, DUI, and VCOR. Sheldon provided a BrAC of .167. Sheldon was remanded to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility and held without bail. Next of Kin Notifications are underway and the identity is being withheld until complete. 

*Sheldon's city of residency has been updated.