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Michael Silka
Michael Allen (Charles?) Silka (August 20, 1958 – May 19, 1984) was an American spree killer who is believed to have killed nine people in Alaska during May 1984, primarily in the small village of Manley Hot Springs. The spree culminated in a shootout with police in the Alaskan wilderness in which Silka was shot and killed. The motives for Silka's actions remain unclear.
==Early life==
Silka grew up in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. From an early age Silka had a love of the outdoors, a love of guns, and a history of encounters with the law. In 1975, he was convicted of burglarizing a Des Plaines sporting goods store; Silka, along with another juvenile, was apprehended while trying to steal camping gear and weapons from the store. The same year Silka and his brother, Steve, apparently ran away from high school to the Canadian wilderness, returning when they had depleted their provisions. In February 1977, four months before graduating from Hoffman Estates High School, Silka was arrested for carrying an antique black-powder muzzle-loading rifle — reminiscent of the weapons used by early mountain men — through a park in the suburb. He was arrested again for doing exactly the same thing a second time in the same year.〔 He was convicted and paid a $100 fine. Shortly thereafter, Silka enlisted in the U.S. Army, at least partly on the advice of a neighbor who had known him for 17 years, Forman Hurst. Hurst recalled Silka as "a good kid, a typical teenager. He loved the outdoors. That was his No. 1 ambition, to be outside exploring nature."〔 In 1981, Silka was stationed at Fort Wainwright, located next to the north end of Fairbanks, Alaska, until his discharge the same year.〔 Army records show that Silka was rated an expert marksman with the M16 rifle and grenade launcher while in basic training.〔
During his stay he had several run-ins with military police, including an assault charge and an arrest for discharging a firearm in a barracks.〔 After Silka's discharge from the Army, he returned to Hoffman Estates, and worked at a number of jobs, mostly in construction work. In November 1982, Silka again was arrested on weapons charges in Hoffman Estates; he was stopped for a minor traffic violation and the officer noticed four weapons — a .44 caliber revolver, a .22 caliber automatic pistol, and two knives — in the car. He also was charged with resisting arrest when he refused to exit the squad car after arriving at the station. He was convicted and spent four days in Cook County Jail. On July 21, 1983, Silka was arrested on another weapons violation after a South Barrington officer stopped him for speeding, and a .22-caliber rifle was found in the back seat. Silka made several court appearances, the last on October 26, but then he skipped bond, apparently because he had fled to Alaska. A warrant for his arrest was issued on December 20.〔 According to his younger brother Frank, Silka had been working in Alaska for some time, although he did not know what job his brother held.
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