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Doctor charged with child porn dies in suspicious fire
16 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Alaska doctor Ryan McDonough died in a house fire shortly after charges.
- Investigators suspect the doctor intentionally set the blaze himself.
- McDonough was fired after pleading not guilty to child porn charges.
A doctor facing child pornography charges, Ryan McDonough, has died in a suspicious house fire. The 46-year-old was found deceased in his Wasilla home after firefighters extinguished a blaze that fully engulfed the residence. Alaska State Troopers investigating the incident strongly suspect McDonough intentionally started the fire himself.
McDonough had been arrested just last week as part of a sting operation and was subsequently fired from his role as an interventional cardiologist at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. He had pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of possessing child sexual abuse material before his death. The investigation began after a tip about child sexual abuse material being uploaded to his Dropbox account.
