A workplace grievance ended in multiple deaths in northern New Jersey on October 9, 1991. Carol Ott, 30, was found in the Wayne home she shared with her fiancé, Cornelius Kasten Jr., having been stabbed multiple times in the back after an apparent struggle. Cornelius Kasten Jr. was found shot once in the head while seated in front of a television.

The attack was linked to a former U.S. Postal Service employee, 35-year-old Joseph M. Harris, who had been fired and reportedly harbored a grudge against Ott, his former supervisor. After the killings at the home, Harris went to the Ridgewood post office and killed two mail handlers as they arrived for work, then engaged police in a four-and-a-half-hour standoff during which he detonated two small explosive devices before surrendering.

Ott had previously reported threats from Harris to police but declined to press charges. Does anyone have information about Carol’s life, workplace interactions, or the threats she reported that could shed light on what happened?