On the afternoon of September 2, 1971, 30-year-old Carolyn Yvonne Kingston was working as a clerk at Natter’s Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her two small children in the store. An armed man entered the market at 3065 S. 700 E. intending to rob it. During the robbery the assailant fired a .22 caliber weapon, shooting Carolyn in the head; a 24-year-old deliveryman, Michael Preston Mike Bown, was also shot in the head and died that day. A second deliveryman was shot at but the gun failed to fire.

Carolyn Kingston survived the initial attack and underwent numerous surgeries over the next two years for severe complications from the gunshot wound, but she ultimately died of those injuries on October 15, 1973, at age 35. The robber reportedly took about $100 and was described as a male with a medium complexion, dark hair, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds. No arrests have ever been announced, and the shooter’s identity remains unknown.

Did anyone who shopped at or worked near Natter’s Market in 1971 have memories or information that could help clarify what happened that day?