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Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere

Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere

Update: 2024-10-062
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On Monday October 19, 1970 in the midst of the Manson family murder trials and with two serial killers on the loose, both the Zodiac and the Co-ed Killer, firefighters in Soquel, CA discover the bodies of five people in the swimming pool of a wealthy home in the Santa Cruz mountains. Through a note left at the scene a murderous cult took responsibility for the Ohta family murders. Join me as I tell John just what happened and who was responsible. 



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Sources:

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/5/287.html

https://projects.scpr.org/timelines/capital-punishment-in-california/

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Santa-Cruz-mass-murderer-kills-self-in-prison-3221281.php

https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/files/original/571aa1b2b278eb1f40c3970e109bbcb4.PDF

https://lookout.co/i-wanted-to-see-the-co-ed-killer-in-a-wheelchair-old-and-broken-down-revisiting-edmund-kemper/

https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/yesterday-s-crimes-the-santa-cruz-serial-killer-epidemic/article_9b3d46d5-6be8-5fc0-9779-93e77924685a.html



Murder in California: Rage and Revenge 

By Marques Vickers, 2021 Accessed through Everand



Newspaper articles from the Santa Cruz Sentinel from October 20, 1970-November 23, 1973 accessed through Newspapers.com






Comments (1)

Yachiyo Lauks

I think Kay's assumption was spot on. The fact that Ohtas were Asian family was the reason this case didn't get much attention.

Oct 8th
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Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere

Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere

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