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Alaska Woman Finds SD Memory Card With Graphic Images That May Have Solved A Murder

The card was labeled "homicide at midtown Marriott," and it contained 39 images and 12 videos depicting a strangulation. Police say it helped them make an arrest linked to a violent death.

Updated 8:55 p.m. ET

An Alaska woman was taking a stroll in downtown Anchorage just after 4 p.m. last month when she noticed a digital memory card on the ground and picked it up.

Police say the contents saved on the SD card may have solved a murder.

Anchorage authorities announced this week

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