Hi-Fi Murders - Victims

Victims

The victims included the following five individuals, three of whom were murdered. Each of the victims was bound, forced to drink liquid Drano, and later shot. Nonetheless, two individuals survived their horrific injuries.

• Michelle Ansley: Ansley, age 18, was an employee of the Hi-Fi Shop. She had been hired only a week before the murders. Ansley was raped and killed by Pierre.
• Byron Cortney Naisbitt (September 25, 1957 – June 4, 2002): Cortney Naisbitt was a 16-year-old Ogden High School student at the time of the crime. Although he survived his injuries, he had amnesia of the events at the Hi-Fi Shop and was thus unable to testify at trial. Naisbitt was able to return to school more than a year after the incident, and he graduated with his class at the high school in 1976. Due to the brain damage from his head wound, however, he was forced to drop out of college. Because he could not hold down a job, he had to apply for Social Security assistance. On November 15, 1985, Naisbitt married Catherine Hunter. He suffered chronic pain for the rest of his life, and he died aged 44 on June 4, 2002. The experiences of Cortney Naisbitt and his family were detailed in Gary Kinder's 1982 book Victim: The Other Side of Murder.
• Carol Naisbitt: Carol Naisbitt, age 52, was the mother of victim Cortney Naisbitt. She died at the hospital.
• Orren W. Walker (September 17, 1930 – February 13, 2000): Orren Walker, the father of victim Stanley Walker, was 43 years old at the time of the crime. Having survived the brutal attack, Orren Walker testified at trial against the perpetrators. He died at the age of 69 on February 13, 2000.
• Stanley Walker: Stanley Walker, age 20, was an employee of the Hi-Fi Shop. He was killed.