A third defendant in a Klawock murder case was sentenced Monday to 30 years of jail with 10 and a half years suspended for his role in the 2023 killing of 80-year old Lincoln Peratrovich. Twenty-year-old Gonzalo Sanchez pled guilty to both manslaughter and burglary in the first degree.
Sanchez and two other defendants attacked Peratrovich in his Klawock home in March of 2023. Investigators said that Sanchez, along with Blaise Dilts and Moses Blanchard, beat Peratrovich to death with their hands and household objects. The attack followed rumors circulating online about Peratrovich, saying he catcalled a young girl and chased her with an axe. Alaska State Troopers investigated that allegation and found that no crime had occurred.
Sanchez is the last of the defendants to be sentenced. The State argued that Sanchez was younger than the other two defendants and had less involvement in the attack. Dilts and Blanchard were sentenced for second degree murder last year.
Superior Court Judge Daniel Doty presided over the case.
