The Port Angeles Police Department has arrested Tina Marie Alcorn in connection to the 2016 murder of 65-year-old George Cecil David.
George David was a Tla-o-qui-aht master carver who lived in Neah Bay at the time of his death. On March 26, 2016 he boarded a bus in Neah Bay headed for Port Angeles. He was planning to take a ferry to Vancouver Island to attend a family funeral.
On March 28, 2016, David’s remains were discovered in the apartment of a friend who invited him to stay over. Reports say that he died from a head injury.
On June 10, 2025, the Port Angeles Police Department announced that it has taken custody of Tina Marie Alcorn, 55, of Phillips County, Arkansas, “in connection with the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David, a respected master woodcarver originally from Port Alberni, British Columbia, who was residing in Neah Bay at the time of his death.”
The PAPD goes on to say that Alcorn, who has ties to Clallam County, was identified early in the investigation as the primary suspect.
“On April 19, 2016, Port Angeles Police Department detectives located and arrested her in Mount Vernon, Washington, on an outstanding warrant issued by Arkansas authorities,” stated the PAPD. “They transported her to the Clallam County Jail, where she remained in custody. Although charges in the David homicide were not filed at that time, Alcorn was later extradited to Arkansas and incarcerated for violating the conditions of her probation on an unrelated felony theft conviction.”
A partnership between the PAPD and the Washington State Attorney General’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force helped to move the investigation forward.
“The task force provided critical support in advancing the investigation, offering culturally informed resources and victim advocacy in this matter of deep importance to Native and cross-border communities,” the PAPD stated.
Alcorn waived extradition and was transported to the Clallam County Jail by a PAPD detective and officer team following coordination with officials in Phillips County, Arkansas.
At the request of the Port Angeles Police Department and with the support of the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office will be filing criminal charges in this case. That process will proceed through the Attorney General’s Office in accordance with state law.
The suspect was booked into the Clallam County Jail by PAPD on June 9, 2025. She appeared in court on June 10. She remains in custody on $1 million bail. Her arraignment is scheduled for Friday June 20, 2025.
