Suncha Kim, a 69-year-old immigrant from Seoul, South Korea, was killed on March 16, 2021, while working at Gold Spa on Piedmont Road in Atlanta. The assailant entered the spa and shot her twice in the chest; she was one of eight people killed that day in attacks on three Atlanta-area spas. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent.

Kim was a mother of two and grandmother of three who worked multiple jobs to support her family and reportedly called her granddaughter weekly to offer encouragement. The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was arrested the same day and confessed, saying he was motivated by a sex addiction and a desire to eliminate temptation. Long was charged with multiple counts of murder; he pleaded guilty to four counts in Cherokee County and received consecutive life sentences there. Fulton County prosecutors are pursuing additional charges, including felony murder, and have filed for a hate crime sentence enhancement.

Did anyone who knew Suncha Kim or worked at Gold Spa want to share memories or details that might help others remember her life?