On August 10, 1991, nine people were found shot execution-style at the Wat Promkunaram Buddhist Temple in Waddell, Arizona. Among the dead was Chirasak Boy Chirapong, a male temple employee of Thai descent, found with the abbot, five monks, a nun and her nephew. All victims had been arranged in a circle and shot in the back of the head. The motive was reported as robbery; about $2,600 and some electronic equipment were taken.

The investigation initially produced four wrongful arrests in Tucson; those men later recanted confessions they gave after intense interrogations. Attention shifted after the murder weapon, a .22-caliber rifle, turned up in the possession of a friend of 17-year-old Johnathan Doody. Doody and a 16-year-old accomplice, Allessandro Garcia, were charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder. Garcia later confessed and pleaded guilty; Doody’s case proceeded through appeals and retrials before further developments occurred.

Did anyone in the community have contact with the temple or the victims around August 1991 who can add details about that night?