REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE HI-FI MURDERS (APRIL 22, 1974)

            30 years ago on this date, April 22, 1974, a brutal killing of 3 people occurred at a shop in Ogden, Utah. Let us not forget the 3 victims and 2 survivors. 2 of the 3 perpetrators, Dale Selby Pierre and William Andrews, were executed by lethal injection in Utah on August 28, 1987 and July 30, 1992. 

This is Downtown Ogden, Utah.

The Hi-Fi murders were the brutal killings of three people during an armed robbery at a home audio store called the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah, on April 22, 1974. Five people had been held hostage and tortured, but two survived with severe injuries. All were bound and forced to drink Drano (a corrosive drain cleaner). One victim had an inkpen stomped into his ear, and a teenage girl was repeatedly raped before being flung face-down on the floor and shot in the head. The crime became notorious for the violence inflicted against the victims and accusations of racial bias in the Utah judiciary.

Police believed that six men were involved in the crime but only had enough evidence to convict three enlisted United States Air Force airmen, named Dale Selby Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts. Pierre and Andrews were both sentenced to death for murder and aggravated robbery while Roberts, who had remained in a getaway vehicle, was convicted of robbery.