On the evening of January 28, 2015, 56-year-old gas station attendant Hany Awad was found dead behind the counter at the BP on Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, New York. A customer discovered him shortly after 9 p.m.; he had been shot in the torso and was pronounced dead at the scene. Nassau County police opened a homicide investigation and suspected robbery as the motive.

Investigators linked the shooting to a string of recent armed robberies at nearby gas stations. Surveillance from the Jericho location showed a masked suspect about 5 feet tall. After an almost five-month investigation, 23-year-old Joshua N. Golson-Orelus of Westbury was arrested in Utica and charged with first-degree murder, attempted robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon; police and prosecutors connected him to as many as 10 armed robberies in the area. Prosecutors said Awad was shot as he tried to fight off the robber, and investigators cited ballistics, witness statements, and a videotaped confession in building their case.

Did anyone who worked late at night in Jericho or the surrounding area recognize the pattern of these robberies or the suspect’s description?