In early December 2007 the bodies of 69-year-old Pung Yi and her husband, 79-year-old Tak Yi, were found in their Northeast Heights home in Albuquerque after a son discovered they had not shown for a planned shopping trip. Both victims had suffered massive head trauma. The Yis had lived in Albuquerque about three decades; Pung was active in the Korean Methodist Church choir and Tak had been president of the Korean American Association and a South Korean military veteran.

Investigators initially arrested two transient magazine salesmen from the Dallas area, 23-year-old Travis Rowley and 21-year-old Michael Lee, after Rowley gave statements saying he had been inside the Yis’ home and had struck Tak. Both men were charged with two counts of murder and tampering with evidence and held on high bond. Midway through the investigation DNA from the scene was matched to another man, Clifford Bloomfield, who later confessed to the Yi murders. Charges against Rowley and Lee were dropped and they were released after months in jail; Lee later sued the city and settled.

Are there readers who knew the Yis or have information about the case that hasn’t been made public?