Anchorage police seek witnesses in 2 deaths along bike trail

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police investigating the deaths of two people on a bike trail have released photos of two men who may have information on the case.

Police are investigating the deaths of 20-year-old Brianna Foisy and 41-year-old Jason Netter.

A passer-by just after 7:30 a.m. July 3, a Sunday, found the bodies on Ship Creek Trail west of the intersection of Post Road and Viking Drive.

Detectives reviewing surveillance footage found images of two people.

One was a man wearing a backpack and walking near Post Road.

The second was a man in a yellow shirt and black shorts jogging over a nearby bridge.

Police hope to speak to the men or anyone else who has information on Foisy and Netter.

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