Douglas Scott White, 18, of Fresno, California, was shot to death on the evening of September 5, 1980, at Fran’s Market, where he worked while attending college. He was a Clovis High School graduate, the son of Roy and Nadine White, and had discussed plans to start a real estate business with his mother.

Investigators say Douglas’s killing was part of a larger conspiracy orchestrated by Clarence Ray Allen, then serving a life sentence, who allegedly arranged murders to eliminate witnesses who had testified against him. On September 5, 1980, Douglas and two others, Bryon Schletewitz and Josephine Rocha, were shot at Fran’s Market.

Court proceedings later resulted in convictions for Allen for these murders and the related conspiracy. The loss had a lasting effect on Douglas’s family and the Fresno community.

If anyone knew Douglas, worked at Fran’s Market in 1980, or has information relevant to these events, please come forward.