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Two teenage friends, Dewey Lamm and Kevin Finneman, go into “Down in the Valley” record store in Minnesota on November 16th, 1974.

A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it - killing Dewey and injuring Kevin for life.

Was a teenaged family annihilator in Golden Valley responsible for the brutal robbery and murder at “Down in the Valley” record store?

We will be breaking down the case file of the suspect and try to find what the detectives found:

Some answers and closure.

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A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it.

The disturbing night of events unfolds.

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Two teenage friends, Dewey and Kevin, travel to “Down in the Valley” record store to purchase some items on November 16th, 1974.

A gunman robs the store and shoots everyone in it.

The disturbing night of events unfolds.

"Aren't you dead yet?"