On the morning of New Year’s Eve 1977, 74-year-old Rico Joseph Mascherana was working under his kitchen sink at his home at 3250 W. 3500 S in Salt Lake City when a shot was fired from outside through the kitchen window. He initially heard loud pops, went to the front porch to check, then realized he had been struck and returned inside to call for help.

Mascherana survived the initial wound but died months later, on March 22, 1978, from complications related to the shooting. Nothing in the house was taken, and robbery did not appear to be a motive. The case went cold with no arrests and no publicly identified suspects.

Are there readers who lived in that neighborhood in 1977 or who recall anyone suspicious in the area that winter?