On the morning of August 10, 1991, nine people were killed at Wat Promkunaram Buddhist temple in Waddell, Arizona. The victims had been found face down in a circle, each shot in the back of the head. One of those killed was Siang Ginggaeo, a male monk of Thai descent.

Early in the investigation four men from Tucson were arrested and three signed written confessions after lengthy interrogations. Those accusations later fell apart when the key witness proved unreliable and no physical evidence tied the Tucson Four to the crime scene. The case later shifted after the discovery of a .22-caliber rifle. Teenagers Johnathan Doody, age 17, and Allesandro Garcia, age 16, were identified as the perpetrators; Garcia confessed that he and Doody entered the temple armed with that rifle and a 20-gauge shotgun, killed the victims, and stole about $2,600 plus audio/visual equipment.

Garcia pleaded guilty in 1993 and received a 271-year sentence; Doody was convicted in 1994 and later received nine consecutive life sentences after a retrial. Does anyone have details about Siang Ginggaeo’s life at the temple or the community’s response that morning?