David Roth, 54, was killed on June 19, 1995, in Manhattan when an assailant entered an elevator at his workplace and shot him in the head. The shooter also killed Roth’s 26-year-old colleague, Jeffrey Roork, in the same attack. Earlier that day the same man had fatally shot a gas station attendant, Jose Gabriel Escarpetta, nearby and the killings formed part of a multi-day, multi-state crime spree that began after a domestic dispute in New Jersey.

Police identified the suspect as Darnell Collins, who had a prior criminal history and had recently been released from prison. Law enforcement pursued Collins across state lines; the manhunt ended in Nutley, New Jersey, where officers shot and killed Collins during a confrontation, leaving no arrest or trial in the deaths of Roth, Roork, or Escarpetta.

Are there readers who knew David Roth or remember details from Manhattan on June 19, 1995, that might shed more light on his last day?