Raymond Oscar Butler
Facts of the Crime:
Sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on July 29, 1996 for shooting and killing two college students from Japan during a carjacking. The man, Raymond Oscar Butler, was convicted of murdering Takuma Ito and Go Matsuura, both 19, on March 25, 1994. Mr. Butler was accused of shooting them in the back of the head, robbing them and taking Mr. Ito's 1994 Honda Civic. The two students had stopped in a supermarket parking lot in San Pedro after having dinner with friends. The killings occurred during a wave of carjackings in the Los Angeles area. Mr. Ito was a Japanese citizen, and Mr. Matsuura was an American who grew up in Japan. Both were film students at Marymount College.
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