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Occupation
  
Hotel worker


Name
  
Myles Fukunaga

Myles Fukunaga Hanged in Paradise the Life and Death of Myles Fukunaga Hawaii

Born
  
February 4, 1909 (
1909-02-04
)

Conviction(s)
  
Murder (September 18, 1928)

Died
  
November 19, 1929, Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

Criminal penalty
  
Death by hanging

Criminal status
  
Capital punishment

Myles Yukata Fukunaga was a Japanese-American from Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1928, he kidnapped and murdered George Gill Jamieson, the 10-year-old son of a local banker.

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Subsequent to the murder, he demanded a $10,000 ransom. Before the body of the victim was found, the Hawaiian Trust Company offered a reward of $5,000 with no questions asked. Fukunaga eventually received $4,000 in $5 bills from the victim's father before he was arrested.

References

Myles Fukunaga Wikipedia