Daoyou Feng, 44, was killed on March 16, 2021 while working at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia. Employed there only a few weeks, she had no family in the United States and her relatives in China were unable to travel, leaving her isolated after the shooting. Feng poked her head out of a room when the gunman opened fire and was fatally shot; she was one of four people killed at that location and one of eight victims across the metro Atlanta attacks that day.

The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was arrested the same day and later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder for the Cherokee County killings, receiving four consecutive life sentences without parole plus 35 years; the prosecutor there did not seek hate crime charges. Fulton County later pursued additional charges, including notice of intent to seek hate crime allegations and the death penalty, and those matters remained pending at that time. With no family able to attend, the local Chinese American community organized Feng’s funeral and burial.

If anyone knew Feng, worked with her, or has information about her final weeks in Acworth, please share what you know.