Francis Edgar Roberts

Francis Edgar Roberts was a 72-year-old Alaska Native man and lifelong Tanana resident whose life ended after a neighborhood dispute escalated into gunfire on March 3, 2023. Known as "Dozer," Roberts was born in Tanana on April 10, 1950, to Lawrence and Josephine Roberts. He graduated from Copper Valley Catholic School, served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, and later worked as a firefighter and trapper. He married Kathy Mayo in 1985 and remained clo ...

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