Bio

Evan Teek Nakahara was born in 1969. He grew up in San Pedro, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. He seemed to be an average young man. As he got older, he developed an interest in firearms. He admired his girlfriend's father's extensive gun collection, which was worth around $20,000.

Evan had a long-term relationship with Beatrice Viveiros, a young woman he had dated for several years. Their relationship was complex and marked with personal disagreements.

Murder Story

On July 11, 1989, Evan Teek Nakahara shot Beatrice Viveiros, who was 19 years old. The incident took place in the 1000 block of Englander Street in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Nakahara had dated Viveiros for several years. Before the murder, he had expressed admiration for her father’s $20,000 gun collection and joked about taking the guns and “doing away” with her.

Viveiros’ father discovered her body in a hallway. She had been shot three times in the back and once below her left ear. The guns from her father’s collection, along with some war memorabilia, were missing. Following the murder, Nakahara attempted to sell the stolen guns. Initially, he denied any involvement but later confessed to detectives that after an argument about some bad checks she had deposited into his account, he shot Viveiros. He admitted to taking the guns to make the murder seem like a robbery.

Nakahara was arrested and put on trial. He chose to testify, going against his lawyer's advice, and stated that he would prefer the death penalty if given a choice. On November 6, 1990, he was sentenced to death at the age of 21.

His conviction included charges of first-degree murder, robbery, and burglary, along with special circumstances for murder while lying in wait and during the commission of robbery and burglary. In the years following his sentencing, Nakahara's appeals were rejected, including a ruling by the California Supreme Court that upheld his death penalty sentence.