The Soquel Massacre

One quiet evening in October 1970, the Live Oak Fire Department in northern California responded to fire at a hilltop mansion. When they got to the back of the house, the chief saw what appeared to be a mannequin floating in the pool. But it wasn't a mannequin. It was a woman who had been gagged and bound. Four more people would be pulled from the pool that night. The opulent home belonged to Soquel Ophthalmologist Dr. Victor Ohta and his wife Virginia, along with their four kids, Taura,...

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Hey fellow Sleuths! We are your hosts, Katie Kaplan, an award-winning investigative journalist, and Em, a former special agent and hostage negotiator. Together we are both passionate about helping to shed light on unsolved cases. We hope that together- with you the listener- we can help to bring awareness and closure to some of the people impacted by unsolved murders and disappearances. Someone, somewhere, knows something.Let’s work together to put your interest in true crime to use! Let’s get sleuthing!Stay vigilant, and stay curious, fellow sleuths.