Myles Yukata Fukunaga (February 4, 1909 – November 19, 1929) was a Japanese-American from Honolulu, Hawaii. On September 18, 1928, he kidnapped and murdered George Gill Jamieson, the 10-year-old son of a local banker. He was inspired to commit by the crime by the Leopold and Loeb and Marion Parker cases.
Subsequent to the murder, he demanded a $10,000 ransom. Before the body of the victim was found, the Hawaiian Trust Company offered a reward of $5,000 with no questions asked. Fukunaga eventually received $4,000 in $5 bills from the victim's father before he was arrested. He was convicted of first degree murder, sentenced to death, and executed.
See also Capital punishment in Hawaii List of people executed in the United States in 1929
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