PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Port Angeles Police Department (PAPD) says a woman was sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of local artist George David.
A judge in Clallam County Superior Court sentenced Tina Marie Alcorn after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon enhancement in David’s killing.
David was on his way to see family in British Columbia.
He was later found dead in a friend’s Port Angeles apartment that he was visiting in March 2016.
A 65-year-old artist and woodcarver from Neah Bay, David was a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation of Vancouver Island.
The case went cold until PAPD reached out for assistance from the Attorney General’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Cold Case Investigations Unit in 2024.
Alcorn was initially flagged as a suspect in David’s murder in April 2016. However, there was not enough evidence at the time to charge her with a crime.
Alcon was later extradited to Arkansas on a different felony warrant.
MMIWP investigators eventually found probable cause to arrest Alcon for David’s murder after conducting an investigation.
David’s daughter spoke during the sentencing, along with other family members who were present.
“Indian artwork is a way for us to tell our stories,” said George’s daughter Maria David, “And his stories can no longer be told, and we will never be able to see any of my dad’s artwork again. Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints. It’s all silent now.”