28-year-old Charles Britton was working as a store clerk at the Shop-N-Go located at 320 South Combee Road in Lakeland. On July 12, 1981, he was forced into the cooler of the store and fatally shot with a shotgun during an attempted robbery.

Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to coldcase@polksheriff.org.