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On February 4, 1979, Michael Olson, aged 24, tragically lost his life in a brutal incident that shocked the community of San Mateo, California. Olson, along with two other employees, Tracy Anderson and Billy Baumgartner, was working at a Payless Drug Store when the store was targeted in a robbery. The assailants executed the three employees in cold blood, shooting them in the back of the head. This heinous crime left the community reeling and has remained one of San Mateo's most notorious unsolv ...Read More
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Michael Olson
Male
San-mateo
CA
1979-02-04
24
Michael
Olson
11/15/2025
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Has anyone else thought about how the jewelry section at the Payless Drug Store might have played in... ...Read More
01/09/2025
01/09/2025
Hi everyone,
I've been following the Payless Drug Store case in San Mateo for a while, and there'... ...Read More
11/25/2023
I've been following the Payless Drug Store case in San Mateo for a while, and there'... ...Read More
11/25/2023
