We wrapped up 2019 with one of the most recent brutal murders in Utah history. Which is weird to say after all the people we’ve covered this year. In Ogden, Utah on April 22, 1974 it was reported that two men entered the Hi-Fi stereo shop on Washington Blvd. and committed a series of atrocious crimes spanning 4 lengthy hours.

2 young employees, 20-year-old Stanley Walker and 18-year-old Sherry Ansley, were working. Courtney Naisbitt, a 16-year-old boy was also in the store. The men who entered the store had intentions to rob Hi-Fi but things turned quickly. When the parents of Naisbitt and Walker came unexpectedly, because neither showed up at home on time, it threw the robbers plans off. At this point, the goal would be to kill all that were witnesses to the crimes. Drain fluid. Rape. Murder. There was no good ending to this. After all the damage was done, the suspects fled and were later found. The suspects were stationed on Hill Air Force base and a fellow airman had remembered over hearing the men talking about ways to kill with draino while they were watching a movie, Magnum Force. Some of the killers personal items were also found by a dumpster. They weren’t the most organized robbers/killers.

When all was said and done, there were only two survivors Mr. Walker and Courtney Naisbitt. Both would live their lives with brain damage and all of the other ailments that come from being stomped, shot, and fed draino. Mr. Walker died in 2000 and Courtney in 2002.

To this day no one actually knows who had the idea, if there were other people involved, and if there were any other witnesses. This created racial tension in Ogden and a lot of profiling took place after this event. Selby Pierre was executed in 1987. William Andrews in 1992. And a third, Keith Roberts, who is said to possibly be the mastermind went free in 1987 after serving a 13 year sentence.

Some of the sources we used for this episode:

Standard Examiner article by Andreas Rivera / Ranker author Jessika Thomas broke down some of the facts / The Paranormal Guide– Hi-Fi Murders / AP article from 1987

Music By: Folk Hogan; Bootleggers Dance