On August 21, 1983, shortly before midnight, 57-year-old Charles Pray was working as a cashier at the Low Cost Market in Yuma, Arizona. Bernard Smith entered the store, purchased a pack of cigarettes, and, when Pray opened the cash register, Smith brandished a .22 caliber pistol, demanding the money. When Pray hesitated and called out for the store manager, Smith shot him in the neck, seized the cash, and fled the scene.
Two women outside the store witnessed Smith's hurried exit and no
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