article_snippet: mother said that like him, Htoo was a member of the Karen ethnic group, an oppressed people whose language has been banned back home.
article_snippet: Htoo once came to mother's house during the day to ask mother to help translate documents, but mother said documents weren't friends. '
highlights_snippet: Lar Doh Htoo knew the New Bern, North Carolina family, police say, who were Burmese.
highlights_snippet: A language barrier initially hampered the investigation .
  