When a New York woman doesn't return home from a routine errand, her husband endures a sleepless night of worry before being called to the medical examiner's office to identify her body.

A case gone cold receives new scrutiny when a notorious serial killer is identified in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

...anded... Alive. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.

I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime

storyteller by night. And as always, I'm your co-host Scott. A quick heads up. This episode

contains mention of the subject of sexual assault. We won't go into any graphic detail, but still,

please listen with care. Sue Ya Kim was last seen alive on June 29, 1991.

She was in her 30s at the time and lived in New York City, specifically in Queens.

She wasn't originally from New York, or even the U.S.

Moving overseas had been a joint decision she'd made with her husband, Sue Young,

almost as soon as they'd married

in their original home city of Seoul, South Korea a decade beforehand. They'd been young, ambitious,

and willing to work hard in order to succeed. New York, they felt, would be the perfect place for them

to build their life together. The city had a long history of immigrant success stories and was rife

with opportunity, so after

arriving, they settled in a small apartment and found jobs working at flea markets. However,

they had bigger entrepreneurial aspirations. They wanted to open their own clothing store.

Eventually, when they'd saved enough money, they did exactly that. Actually, they opened two clothing

stores, one on Long Island and another in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Running their own

business meant working hard, from dawn till well past dusk seven days a week. Entrepreneurship was

grueling, but they were happy. The stores had been their dream and their hard work paid off as their

customer base grew and their business thrived. Eventually, they were able to afford to move out of

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