The Miracle Mile Murder of a Korean Family
A husband was suspected, but the neighbor was the actual killer
As an Asian-American, I’m aware of cultural enclaves where segments of the Asian community will live to have a smooth transition to life as immigrants. I grew up close to Flushing, New York, and we visited every week. Flushing feels the closest to China I’ve ever experienced — almost everyone there is Chinese or Korean (as a Chinese-American, we visit the Chinese part).
Miracle Mile, California is close to one of those enclaves for Korean Americans, and it was the site of the murder of two women and a two-year-old boy in 2003. Their names were Eun Sik Min, a 56-year-old woman, Charis Song, a 30-year-old mother, and Nathan Song, a two-year-old toddler.
According to Suzie Suh at CBS Los Angeles, the May 5, 2003 murders shocked the whole Miracle Mile area. It was a brutal crime scene that seemed to lack a motive. Song especially was killed brutally. Her hands were bound and her mouth was gagged with duct tape, and she was found slumped along the bathroom floor.
The case actually had DNA evidence, but authorities were unable to find DNA for the suspect. Ben Adair and Sharon Choi say in the Strangeland podcast that the murders shocked Koreatown, and daily newspapers covered the murders frequently…
