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# Hotel Worker Arrested on Charges of Fatally Stabbing Co-worker in Trapper Creek
- URL: https://ktna.org/hotel-worker-arrested-on-charges-of-fatally-stabbing-co-worker-in-trapper-creek/
- Published: 2023-08-08T22:20:08.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-08T22:20:57.000Z
- Description: One man is dead, and another is in custody after a fatal stabbing at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge on Monday. According to a dispatch released Tuesday morning, the
- Author: Phillip Manning
- Tags: Local News, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

One man is dead, and another is in custody after a fatal stabbing at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge on Monday.

According to a [dispatch](https://dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov/Home/DisplayIncident?incidentNumber=AK23083037&ref=ktna.org) released Tuesday morning, the Alaska State Troopers were called to the hotel shortly after 10:00 am Monday morning. According to Troopers, 21-year-old Jose Torres-Ayala of Florida had been stabbed. Torres-Ayala was medevaced from the lodge, but was later declared deceased.

The case was turned over to the Alaska Bureau of Investigation, who arrested 33-year-old Michael Melendez for the stabbing. Melendez has been charged with First and Second Degree Murder. Melendez and Torres-Ayala were both employees at the lodge.

Troopers say the investigation remains active and ongoing.