1970: The Unsolved Case of Evelyn Okubo
Ranko Carol Yamada (left) and Evelyn Okubo.In July 1970, two young women from Stockton, California, went to Chicago for a Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) convention. One of them, 18-year-old Evelyn Okubo, did not leave the Palmer House hotel alive. Her roommate, 17-year-old Ranko Carol Yamada, survived with a slashed throat.More than half a century later, no one has been convicted of th..
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