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A bread delivery man is shot and killed during a robbery
On a Thursday afternoon, September 2, 1971, a young Caucasian male named Michael Preston Bown, age 23, was going about his work delivering bread in Salt Lake City, Utah. Around 2:00 p.m., he was inside Natters' Market located at 3065 S. 700 E. when the course of his life was irrevocably altered.
An armed man entered the market with the intent to commit robbery. In a sudden act of violence, the suspect shot both Michael Bown and a female clerk who was on duty. Michael died at the scene fro ...Read More
On a Thursday afternoon, September 2, 1971, a young Caucasian male named Michael Preston Bown, age 23, was going about his work delivering bread in Salt Lake City, Utah. Around 2:00 p.m., he was inside Natters' Market located at 3065 S. 700 E. when the course of his life was irrevocably altered.
An armed man entered the market with the intent to commit robbery. In a sudden act of violence, the suspect shot both Michael Bown and a female clerk who was on duty. Michael died at the scene fro ...Read More
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Michael Bown
August 2, 2022
Male
White / Caucasian
Salt Lake City
UT
1971-09-02
24
Michael
Bown
11/05/2025
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