Adel Malek, a 59-year-old Egyptian immigrant, was fatally shot on July 22, 1998, inside his small grocery store, Apotheca, in the 1300 block of West Union Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Malek, who had opened the shop about six months earlier after moving to the United States from Egypt in 1993, was found lying on the store floor and was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The killing was described as the result of an apparent robbery.

A witness came forward after the Allentown Police Department formed a cold case team in 2015. John Edinger, 44 and from Emmaus, Pennsylvania, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in June 2016. He admitted to shooting Malek during a confrontation in the store while he was seeking drug money; as part of a plea deal he was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. Malek’s family described him as a devoted family man and entrepreneur; his daughter Tout Malek addressed the court about the family’s loss.

Does anyone have memories of Apotheca or Adel Malek from the summer of 1998 that could add detail to what happened that day?