Aiko Koo was 15 when she was killed on September 14, 1972. Of Korean and Latvian descent, she was a talented dancer who hoped to pursue Korean folk dance. On the night she died she was en route to a dance class in San Francisco and accepted a ride from Edmund Kemper, who abducted her after she got into his car.

Kemper attempted to suffocate Aiko, rendering her unconscious, then removed her from the vehicle, sexually assaulted her while she remained unconscious, and strangled her to death with her own scarf. He put her body in his trunk, later took it to his residence, and dismembered her; very little of her remains were ever recovered. Kemper was arrested in April 1973 after confessing to multiple killings and was later convicted of eight counts of first-degree murder and given life without parole.

Does anyone have memories of Aiko’s life in San Francisco or information about her dance community that might help fill gaps in her story?