The last time Laura Forsgren spoke to her uncle, well-known Salt Lake City restaurateur John Williams, she urged him not to go to his East Capitol Street home.
Williams had served an eviction notice to his estranged husband the previous day, and had unsuccessfully sought a restraining order against Craig Crawford.
“I begged him,” Forsgren recalled from the witness stand Thursday. “Please, come back to our house … I’m honestly worried Craig is going to kill you.”
But on that May 21, 2016 night, Williams went to his own home after watching the symphony perform and having a late dinner with friends.