Murder Kroger

Murder Kroger is the name by which the Kroger supermarket at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta[1] has been known for decades.[2][3][4] The store opened in the 1980s. The store's parking lot has been the scene of two fatal shootings and the discovery of a corpse. In 1991, a 25-year-old woman named Cynthia Prioleau was shot and killed. In 2002, the malodorous corpse of a man was found inside a car. In 2015, an Alabama man, Joshua R. Richey, was shot and killed. The 2015 murder occurred after the store had been renovated and promoted by the company as "Beltline Kroger".

Even though the original store was demolished in 2016 and an entirely new store within a larger mixed-use development called 725 Ponce opened in 2019, "Murder Kroger" continued to be described as a nickname "that just won't die".[2][5]

  1. ^ "Store Details". Kroger. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
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  3. ^ Wheatley, Thomas (April 6, 2011). "Murder Kroger to get a makeover? Grocer says 'no'". Creative Loafing. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. ...one of the city's quirky charms that Atlantans seem to both love and hate at the same time.
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