On December 4, 2007, 79-year-old Tak Yi and his wife Pung Yi were found murdered in their Albuquerque home after a violent attack. The initial probe focused on two young men selling magazines in the neighborhood; authorities arrested 23-year-old Travis Rowley and 21-year-old Michael Lee and charged both with two counts of murder and tampering with evidence. Rowley reportedly confessed to being inside the home and to striking Tak Yi, and that confession formed a key part of the case against both men.

Inconsistencies between Rowley’s statements and the crime-scene evidence, together with alibi information for the two salesmen, later undermined the prosecution’s case. Mid-2008 DNA recovered at the scene matched Clifford Bloomfield, who then confessed to entering through a sliding glass door, beating Tak Yi to death when confronted, and killing Pung Yi. Bloomfield pleaded guilty to multiple first-degree murder counts and received a sentence of five life terms plus forty-five years. Rowley and Lee were exonerated and released after having been jailed for months.

If anyone knew the Yis, their routine, or saw magazine salesmen in that neighborhood in late 2007, can you share what you remember?