Basee Lor and Thia Yang

November 15, 1989

Inver Grove Heights

Basee and Thai, both 13, escaped from Totem Town, a juvenile correctional facility, after being arrested on minor charges.  Police chased them into a farm field and shot them in the back, killing them.  They were unarmed.  Their families had not been notified that their sons had escaped Totem Town.