On June 20, 2009, 34-year-old cook Stephanie Anderson was shot and killed during an armed robbery at the Denny’s restaurant at 1602 Coors Boulevard N.W. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Anderson worked for Barreras Enterprises, Inc., a franchisee of Denny’s, Inc., and the killing occurred amid a string of armed robberies targeting Albuquerque-area restaurants that month.

Three El Salvadoran nationals—Jose Humberto Melgar-Cabrera, Marvin Antonio Aguilar-Lopez, and Pablo De Leon Ortiz—were identified as the perpetrators of the robbery and murder. Federal prosecutions followed: Marvin Antonio Aguilar-Lopez was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on August 7, 2013, and Francisco (Jose Humberto) Melgar-Cabrera was later extradited from El Salvador; he received a life sentence on December 2, 2015, on murder and Hobbs Act charges. The Estate of Stephanie Anderson also brought a civil suit against Denny’s, Inc., questioning the franchisor’s liability for the franchisee’s failure to provide a safe working environment.

Are there witnesses or former employees who remember security conditions at that Denny’s location in June 2009?