Sreap Yan, 91, is tended to by Channsina Khouch, left,
Seng Pak and her husband Sokhon Keo in their apartment Tuesday, May 28,
2013 in Mountain View. Yan was present in the other apartment Saturday
when Touch Chea and Sorn Sreap were murdered and a two-year-old was
sexually assaulted. Jerry Andrew Active is charged with murder, sexual
assault, sexual abuse of a minor and burglary. Erik Hill — Anchorage Daily NewsBuy Photo
At Player's Choice Bingo in Mountain View the last few days,
two regulars have been missing from Section 8 up in the balcony, where
they always sat in the same two chairs.
Employees doted on Touch Chea and his wife, Sorn Sreap. They were a Cambodian couple in their 70s, who came to bingo most nights and stayed until the parlor closed, said Mattie Pen, the gaming manager. People called them papa and mama. They won more often than most people.
"People called them very lucky, a very lucky couple," Pen said.
Chea and Sreap had been lucky more than once in their lives. They escaped genocide in Cambodia that killed their family members, including Sreap's first husband, their family said. They survived life in refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines. They came to the United States as part of a refugee resettlement, starting over in Washington state more than 30 years ago. They found modest jobs, Chea as a landscaper and Sreap caring for the gardens outside their apartment, said their grandson, Von Seng. Read the full article here.
Employees doted on Touch Chea and his wife, Sorn Sreap. They were a Cambodian couple in their 70s, who came to bingo most nights and stayed until the parlor closed, said Mattie Pen, the gaming manager. People called them papa and mama. They won more often than most people.
"People called them very lucky, a very lucky couple," Pen said.
Chea and Sreap had been lucky more than once in their lives. They escaped genocide in Cambodia that killed their family members, including Sreap's first husband, their family said. They survived life in refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines. They came to the United States as part of a refugee resettlement, starting over in Washington state more than 30 years ago. They found modest jobs, Chea as a landscaper and Sreap caring for the gardens outside their apartment, said their grandson, Von Seng. Read the full article here.
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