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This week, Kristin starts us off with an old, yet very timely story. In 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori and his friend Webb Haymaker arrived at what they thought was the location of a halloween party. In reality, the two teenage boys were at the wrong house. When they went up to the house and knocked on the door, a woman opened a side door, spotted the two boys, then quickly slammed it shut. Yoshi and Webb were confused, but they figured they\\u2019d arrived at the wrong home. As they were walking away, the door opened again. This time, a 30 year old man stood in the doorway with a gun. When Yoshi approached him, saying that they were there for the party, the man shot Yoshi in the chest.
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\\nThen Brandi tells us about Maribel Ramos, who thought she\\u2019d found the perfect roommate when Kwang Choi \\u201cKC\\u201d Joy responded to her ad on Craigslist. KC described himself as an easygoing professional. He soon moved into Maribel\\u2019s home in Orange County, California. Initially, Maribel and KC got along great. They even went on vacation together. But when KC couldn\\u2019t pay rent, their relationship went downhill. Maribel feared that things might get violent between them. Then she disappeared.
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\\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\\n\\u201cYoshihiro Hattori: The door knock that killed a Japanese teenager in the US,\\u201d by Toby Luckhurst for the BBC
\\n\\u201cDefense depicts Japanese boy as \\u2018scary\\u2019,\\u201d The New York Times
\\n\\u201cAcquittal in doorstep killing of Japanese student,\\u201d The New York Times
\\n\\u201cStudent\\u2019s trust in people proved fatal,\\u201d by Adam Nossiter for The New York Times
\\n\\u201cJudge awards damages in Japanese youth\\u2019s death,\\u201d by Adam Nossiter for The New York Times
\\n\\u201cMother of slain teen felt murdered herself,\\u201d by Leslie Zganjar for the Associated Press
\\n\\u201cEach other\\u2019s arms,\\u201d by David Schimke for the Carleton College Voice
\\nThe book, \\u201cI have lived in the monster,\\u201d by Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman
\\n\\u201cHow the mother of Japanese student shot dead became a force for US gun reform,\\u201d by Daniel Hurst for The Guardian
\\n\\u201cHomeowner testifies in shooting death of Japanese exchange student,\\u201d UPI Archives
\\n\\u201cSlain teen\\u2019s parents hope U.S. gun control fight continues, 30 yrs on,\\u201d Kyodo News
\\n\\u201cParents of slain Japanese student push for gun control from afar,\\u201d by Akiko Fujita for ABC News
\\n\\u201cGun violence conference to remember 20 years since Yoshi died,\\u201d by Kira Chawla for WAFB
\\n\\u201cRodney Peairs found innocent in exchange student shooting case,\\u201d UPI Archives
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\\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\\n\\u201cThe Rent Check\\u201d episode See No Evil
\\n\\u201cMurder Can\\u2019t Be Proved in Death of Maribel Ramos: Defense Attorney\\u201d by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost, KTLA5 News
\\n\\u201cRoommate Found Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in Death of Maribel Ramos\\u201d by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost, KTLA5 News
\\n\\u201cMaribel Ramos\\u2019 Killer Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in Prison, Says He Cared for Victim \\u2018More Than Anyone\\u2019\\u201d by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost, KTLA5 News
\\n\\u201cKC Joy gets 15 years to life in prison for Maribel Ramos murder\\u201d by Greg Lee and ABC7 News Staff, ABC7 News
\\n\\u201cWho Is Kwang Chol \'KC\' Joy, The Killer Profiled In \'Worst Roommate Ever?\\u2019\\u201d By Jax Miller, oxygen.com
\\n\\u201cSouthern California man convicted of killing ex-roommate Army veteran Maribel Ramos\\u201d by Sasha Goldstein, New York Daily News
\\n\\u201cThe Murder of Maribel Ramos\\u201d by Kiley, It\\u2019s Crime O\\u2019Clock Somewhere
\\n\\u201c\'Worst Roommate Ever\': KC Joy killed Maribel Ramos for demanding overdue rent\\u201d by Akhila Suresh, meaww.com
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