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Sixty-seven-year-old **female Cambodian refugee Sath Yem** lived in a modest North Austin apartment complex that housed many Southeast-Asian families. On the morning of **September 5 1985**, her adult son arrived for a routine visit. When repeated knocks went unanswered, he asked the building manager for help; the master key failed, so a neighbor’s child slipped through an open window and unlocked the door. Inside, they discovered the lifeless body of the **67-year-old Cambodian woman**, while ...Read More
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Sath Yem
Female
Asian
Austin
TX
1985-09-05
67
Sath
Yem
11/05/2025
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I can't stop thinking about the courage of the neighbors and the young child who entered Sath Yem's ... ...Read More
11/21/2024
11/21/2024
I've been following this case closely and can't help but be struck by how young Doeur Seoung was at ... ...Read More
06/14/2023
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