Tazlina

History

On August 22, 1991, 11-year-old Tazlina resident Mandy Lemaire was reported missing by her parents, triggering a massive search by law enforcement and townspeople. Ten days later, a volunteer searcher found Lemaire's body in a wooded area. In 1999, the Alaska Supreme Court overturned Smithart's conviction, ruling that the lower court improperly denied his defense counsel the right to assert that prosecution witness Dave DeForest had committed the crime. All charges were automatically dismissed in 2000, after Smithart died of lung cancer in prison, awaiting a retrial. The television network Investigation Discovery aired two shows about the murder; the series Ice Cold Killers, episode titled "Fear Thy Neighbor" aired in 2014; and the special "Vanished in Alaska" in 2018.

Geography

Tazlina is located at (62.049082, -145.415224). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (9.37%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Upstream Learning Correspondence
  Other · Glennallen · 120 students · 120:1 ratio
• Glennallen Elementary
  Elementary · Glennallen · 108 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• Glennallen Jr/Sr High School
  High · Glennallen · 99 students · 12.4:1 ratio