Duffy’s parents long believed their daughter was murdered, but said they were still surprised to learn her death was a homicide. It also determined that her death was likely a homicide. Two months later, a six-member jury decided that Duffy could be presumed dead. Sara filed a presumptive death petition for her daughter in April 2021. According to Homer Police Department Lieutenant Ryan Browning, search dogs tracked Duffy’s scent into downtown Homer but then lost it, reaching a point search-dog handlers call a “car pick up.” Duffy’s mother, Sara Berg, said the family believed someone picked her up in a vehicle and that she had been abducted. Duffy’s family told Dateline that she did not own a car and usually walked everywhere she went. For weeks, law enforcement, assisted by K-9 units, searched the area where Duffy was known to frequently travel by foot. Police said security cameras captured Duffy leaving the Maintree Apartments on foot around 12:15 p.m. Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, 38, was last seen on security video on October 17, 2019, leaving her Homer, Alaska apartment heading to a 1:00 p.m.
