Soon Ja Nam was 79 when she was shot and killed during an armed robbery at the Handy Corner Food Store in Puyallup, Washington, on April 27, 2019. Two masked men entered with guns and demanded money; after she opened the register at her husband’s urging, one robber shot her in the back. Her husband witnessed the attack and was present when she lost consciousness.

Investigators quickly identified two 16-year-old suspects, Robbrie P. Thompson and Franklin Thuo. A Nissan Sentra registered to Thuo was recovered abandoned, and a Snapchat video showed the pair brandishing firearms about 30 minutes before the robbery. Two days after Nam’s murder, Thuo’s body was found washed ashore at a northeast Tacoma marina; he had died of a single gunshot wound. Forensic testing linked the same gun to both Nam’s killing and Thuo’s death. Evidence indicates Thompson lured Thuo to a beach and shot him after worrying Thuo might confess, including phone searches by Thompson for Puyallup shooting and where is the best place to shoot someone.

Robbrie P. Thompson was arrested and later tried; a jury found him guilty on multiple counts, and he received a lengthy prison sentence. Did anyone in the community know Soon Ja Nam well enough to share memories or help shed light on that day?