Milton Lanton, 30, was shot and killed during a robbery on November 15, 1972, while working a shift as a clerk at Williams Grocery Store, 3142 Reading Road in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood. He was fatally wounded at the scene and died that day.

The Cincinnati Police Department investigated the killing but no arrests were made. The case is now listed as case number 708 in Ohio’s Cold Case Database and has been designated a cold case by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement continue to ask anyone with information to come forward, stressing that even small details can help.

Does anyone remember that store, the surrounding neighborhood in 1972, or have information that could help bring closure to Lanton’s family?