On the evening of Saturday, October 19, 1974, Helen Giansanti, 59, was working at the Donna Lee Bakery, 1015 East Street in New Britain, Connecticut, when a robbery turned deadly. Giansanti, the bakery owner John Salerni, and four customers — Thomas and Anne Dowling, William J. Donahue Jr., and Michael Kron — were forced into a back room, made to lie face down, and shot in the back of the head. Salerni was killed by a shotgun blast; the others, including Giansanti, died of gunshot wounds.

Investigators later identified the perpetrators as Ronald F. Piskorski, 25, and Gary B. Schrager, 31. Police believe Michael Kron recognized Schrager, a relative by marriage, and that recognition prompted the assailants to eliminate all witnesses. The crime prompted a major investigation and arrests of both men; court proceedings were underway by the mid 1970s.

Does anyone recall the Donna Lee Bakery, the victims, or have information about that night in New Britain?