Daoyou Feng, 44, had just started working at Young’s spa in the past few months and, as her relatives could not be reached for comment, not much has been reported about her.

Hyun Jung Grant, 51 was a single mother with two sons who worked to help them pay for school. On her free days she would take them to the aquarium, or to the mall and then they might enjoy a bowl of her favorite soon dubu together at a restaurant.

Sun Cha Kim, 69, was a grandmother who had immigrated to the United States from Korea and enjoyed line dancing. Her granddaughter said that all Kim wanted was to grow old with her husband and “watch her children and grandchildren live the life she never got to live.” “She represented everything I wanted to be as a woman, without an ounce of hate or bitterness in her heart”.

Paul Andre Michels was described by his brother as “a very hard-working, loving man,” who was married for 20 years and owned an electric company providing handyman services to one of the spas. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army infantry.

Soon Chung Park, 74, had lived in New York before moving to Atlanta and remained close with her relatives in the Northeast, “She got along with her family so well,” said a son-in-law.

Xiaojie Tan, originally from China, had a daughter she was tremendously proud of. She made her “patrons feel at home and treated her friends like family”. She was the owner of Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth and died two days short of her 50th birthday.  

Delaina Ashley Yaun, one of four siblings and a mother of two, was on a date with her husband when she was killed. Her sister said she was “all about family” and she was described by her manager at a nearby Waffle House as “the most hard-working, most determined, most outspokenly good-hearted person I’ve ever met.” She would arrive in the morning blasting gospel music and often buy eggs and grits for homeless people who had no money for food.

Yong Ae Yue, 63 met her Army husband in South Korea before emigrating to Fort Benning, Georgia. She was a very loving mother to her sons Sergeant First Class(Retired) Elliott Peterson & Dr. Robert Peterson who shared that she enjoyed working and being with family.

Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz was shot and wounded in his forehead, throat, lungs and stomach. He moved to Georgia from Guatemala 10 years ago and worked as a mechanic. “He loves his daughter a lot. He’s always been a dedicated father, very loving,” said his wife, “I pleaded with him to keep fighting”.