A mass killing at Wat Promkunaram Buddhist temple in Waddell, Arizona, on August 10, 1991, claimed nine lives. Among the victims was 75-year-old Foy Sripanpasert, a male nun of Thai descent. Victims — including monks, a nun, her nephew who was a novice monk, and a temple employee — were found arranged face-down in a circle, each shot execution-style in the back of the head.

Early investigative errors led to the wrongful arrest and coerced confessions of four men from Tucson; those men were later exonerated. Detectives later traced a .22-caliber rifle used in the killings to 17-year-old Johnathan Doody, which led to his 16-year-old accomplice Allesandro Garcia. The two were charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder; Garcia pleaded guilty and received a lengthy prison sentence, and Doody was convicted and sentenced after trial. The robbery took about $2,600 and electronic equipment, and the attackers said their motive was monetary and that they intended to leave no witnesses.

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