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Takuma Ito

Case from Los-angeles, CA dated Mar 25, 1994

Victim Details

Takuma Ito

Male

North East Asian (Mongol, Tibetan, Korean Japanese, etc)

Los-angeles

CA

1994-03-25

19

Takuma

Ito

07/20/2026

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Takuma Ito, a 19-year-old Japanese citizen and student at Marymount College, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. Ito and his friend, Go Matsuura, were victims of a violent carjacking in the parking lot of a Ralphs supermarket in San Pedro. The assailant, Raymond Oscar Butler, approached the two students, shot them in the head, and stole their Honda Civic. Both Ito and Matsuura were declared brain dead shortly after the incident and were removed from life suppo ...
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