In 1998, a convenience store clerk in Lansing, Michigan was shot to death during a robbery.

No one else was in the store at the time.

But there was an eyewitness, a security camera.

Unfortunately, the story it told was far from clear.

Wanda Mason was a 48-year-old single mother of three.

She had worked in various cities across the country, trying with mixed success to build

a stable life for her family.

In 1997, she settled with her children in Lansing, Michigan.

With money tight, she took a job at this convenience store gas station to make Anne's meat.

About a year later, the owner decided to keep the store open 24 hours a day.

Wanda Mason worked the very first overnight shift.

She was kind of struggling.

And so when the gas station was looking for someone to work the overnight shift,

because the head had been open overnight for a while, Wanda just kind of jumped at it,

and she worked the overnight shift so that she could be home with her family during the day

and take care of her grandkids and that.

The store was located in a low crime area, but as a precaution, a security camera was installed

before the first overnight shift.

A fresh video tape was unavailable, so workers used an old worn-out tape until they could buy

a new one.

At 4.18 in the morning, a group of customers entered the store to pay for gas and found

Wanda Mason in a pool of blood behind the counter.

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