Searching for My Mother

Robert Peterson is the son of Yong Ae Yue. Yue was one of eight people shot and killed by a gunman targeting Asian-owned spas in the Atlanta area on March 16, 2021.

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- [Robert Peterson] That was when I started to do my hunt

and search for my mother. (mysterious music)

I remember calling the Sheriff's office,

trying to identify the women.

I don't think some of them believed that It was my mother

when I was calling.

They were like, "Yeah, these are Asian women."

And I'm like, "Yes, my mother's Asian."

(mysterious music)

My brother called me to get an update.

"Have I heard anything?

What's going on?"

At that moment, I had just gotten off the phone

with the medical examiner, and she told me that,

"Yes, they did have a body downtown

of a woman named Yong Yue."

That was my mother. (dramatic music)

(orchestral rock music)