Missing Anchorage woman’s soldier husband charged with her murder

Anchorage police say the husband of a woman missing from her home since Sunday is now accused of murdering her.

Zarrius Hildabrand, 21, faces charges of first-degree and second-degree murder as well as evidence tampering in the death of 21-year-old Alaska Army National Guardsman Saria Hildabrand, police said Friday morning. His arrest follows a Thursday visit by police’s Crime Scene Team to a home near the Hildabrands’ residence on Mockingbird Drive in Midtown.

Family members had said Zarrius Hildabrand, an Army soldier, was the last person to see his wife when she left their home Sunday morning to walk to her job at Bread & Brew Alaska. He reported her missing on Monday, family said. 

Relatives, as well as police and military searchers, have been looking for Saria Hildabrand this week and posting flyers.

A police spokeswoman said Zarrius Hildabrand was arrested Thursday night in the parking lot near his apartment building. He was in custody Friday morning at the Anchorage Correctional Complex.

Additional details were not immediately available.

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