In a shocking case that has gripped Alaska, Sarah Dayan, 39, was convicted of murdering her court-appointed supervisor, Keith Huss, in a chilling betrayal of trust. A jury in Anchorage found Dayan guilty of first- and second-degree murder for the 2020 killing of Huss, who was appointed as her third-party custodian—a bail condition for her release from jail.
Huss, a 57-year-old food truck owner, had picked up Dayan from the Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai on September 28, 2020. Tragically, less than 24 hours later, his body was found at the Turnagain Pass rest area in Hope, Alaska. Investigators revealed he was shot four times with a .45-caliber pistol and struck by a vehicle in what appeared to be a calculated crime.
Authorities discovered that Dayan had acquired the weapon shortly after her release and had used Huss's vehicle to flee the scene. The car’s damage matched evidence from the crime scene, and Dayan’s subsequent actions only deepened her culpability. She accessed Huss’s bank account, making personal purchases and transferring funds to herself, and later embarked on a crime spree involving vehicle theft and a cabin burglary in Seward.
Dayan was apprehended on October 1, 2020, following an intense manhunt. Her conviction now carries a potential prison sentence of 15 to 99 years, with sentencing set for May 2025. Huss’s grieving family, present throughout the trial, expressed relief at the verdict, hoping it marks the start of their healing journey.
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