Press Release
Nichols Pleads Guilty to 2016 First-Degree Murder
October 19, 2022
(Anchorage, AK) – Today, 24-year-old Yurel Allen Nichols pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the Sept. 22, 2016 robbery-murder of Paula Zorawski in Anchorage.
Nichols is in the custody of the Department of Corrections without bail. Nichols is scheduled to be sentenced before the Anchorage Superior Court on Feb. 15, 2023.
CONTACT: Anchorage Assistant District Attorney Patrick McKay at (907) 269-6300 or patrick.mckay@alaska.gov.
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