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A killer shot two people in a Salt Lake City store. Decades later, detectives want the public’s help to solve the case.

Investigators believe someone in the community likely knows something that could help them piece the 1971 case together.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Sheriff Detective Ben Pender speaks during a press conference asking for public’s help in solving a 54-year-old unsolved homicide involving Carolyn Kingston and Michael Bown on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Both were shot in an apparent robbery at Natter’s Market where Bown was pronounced dead at the scene and Kingston succumbed to her injuries two years later.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Sheriff Detective Ben Pender speaks during a press conference asking for public’s help in solving a 54-year-old unsolved homicide involving Carolyn Kingston and Michael Bown on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Both were shot in an apparent robbery at Natter’s Market where Bown was pronounced dead at the scene and Kingston succumbed to her injuries two years later.