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Ha Vu

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Mar 04, 1995

Victim Details

Ha Vu

Female

Asian

New-orleans

LA

1995-03-04

24

Ha

Vu

07/05/2026

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On the night of March 4, 1995, the bustling sounds of the Kim Anh restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, were tragically silenced by an act of brutal violence that claimed the life of 24-year-old Ha Vu. A young Vietnamese woman, Ha was working in her family's restaurant alongside her 17-year-old brother, Cuong Vu, when a robbery turned into a triple homicide, sending shockwaves through the city and exposing a dark underbelly of corruption within its own police force. The assailants were identifie ...
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  • New Orleans Magazine: Blue on Blue: Murder, Madness and Betrayal in the NOPD
  • NOLA.com: ‘This brings back all my anger,’ says survivor of 1995 restaurant massacre after judge grants new trial in case
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    Does anyone else find it incredibly chilling to think about how someone entrusted to protect the com... ...Read More
    02/06/2025
    Just thinking about the sheer terror that Ha Vu and her brother Cuong must have felt on that night g... ...Read More
    04/06/2024
    I’ve been reading about the details of the Kim Anh restaurant murders, and it's just so deeply uns... ...Read More
    05/19/2023
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