He was sentenced for the murder of Dwayne English on Dec. 18, 2018. Drost was found guilty by a jury on May 23, 2023.
At trial, the evidence showed that Michael Drost was looking for a dog near 12th Street and Gambell when he encountered the victim, Dwayne English.
Drost and English got into a verbal altercation which led to Drost approaching English on multiple occasions during one of which Drost is observed on surveillance video stabbing English in the heart with a knife.
English proceeded to leave the scene while Drost followed him for a short time.
English eventually succumbed to his injuries in front of a local business.
This case was prosecuted by Anchorage Assistant District Attorneys Luba Bartnitskaia and Kaila Hurley.
The Anchorage Police Department’s Homicide Unit conducted the investigation.
