Tombstone Shadows Podcast #14 - Murdered While Sleeping (1990, Harbor City, California), and From Murder to Bank Robbery (Seattle, Washington)

In the 14th episode of Tombstone Shadows, we’re going to visit San Francisco, California, where we’ll meet a young lady named Kyoko. We will follow her and her husband to southern California and hear how her life tragically ended.

Then we will head over to the east coast of the United States to New York, where we’ll hear about a grisly death, and then follow one of the involved persons back to the west coast in Seattle, Washington, and find out what else went wrong in that individual’s life.

• Kyoko Kuwako Johnson
  Born: April 20, 1937
  Died: November 23, 1990
  Born in Japan, Kyoko married a U.S. military man while she was living in San Francisco. The couple moved to Harbor City, California (southern California), where, after raising a family, she was brutally killed on a late November morning as she slept. Her husband was put on trial, but found not guilty.
  

• Wells Benner van Steenbergh Jr.
  Born: March 29, 1935
  Died: June 19, 2012
  In an attempt to steal some cash from a home, Wells Jr. burned down a home where a husband and wife lived, who had been friends with Wells Jr. for a few years. Unknown to Wells Jr., the wife was at home sleeping. Wells Jr. later moved to Seattle where he almost pulled off another perfect crime.