Beatrice Kosin and Evelyn Anderson were missionaries with the Christian Missions of Many Lands, serving in Laos, when they were captured on October 28, 1972. A captured North Vietnamese soldier later told U.S. military intelligence that the women were captured, tied back to back and their wrists wired around a house pillar. The women remained in this position for five days. After receiving orders to execute the two, the Communists simply set fire to the house where they were being held and burned the women alive. A later search of the smoldering ruins revealed the corpse of Miss Anderson. Her wrist was severed, indicating the struggle she
made to free herself. Her remains were recovered and returned in November 1972.