(Anchorage, AK) – Last Thursday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 36-year-old Joshua Oktoyak for the murder of his girlfriend, Cindy Ahwinona, on July 12, 2023. Judge Peterson sentenced Oktoyak to 90 years incarceration, with 15 years suspended, for 75 to serve now. The evidence at trial revealed Oktoyak used both a serrated kitchen knife and a hammer to inflict dozens of injuries to Ahwinona as she attempted to call 911 inside her home. Text messages discovered on Ahwinona’s phone revealed Oktoyak, just hours before he killed Ahwinona, threatened to kill someone if they called the police. Anchorage Police Department Detective Troy Clark, along with others from the Anchorage Police Department Homicide Unit, investigated the case.