On the evening of January 7, 1988, Willye Jean Dukes, 36, was fatally shot on the crowded Grand Central Station subway platform in midtown Manhattan. Her estranged boyfriend, John Peter Royster, approached her and opened fire with a shotgun; Dukes was killed and her sister Diane, who was with her, was injured. Dukes had ended the relationship three months earlier; Royster, 38, had reportedly been financially dependent on her and followed her to the station.

Royster was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and first-degree assault. He represented himself at trial and sought an insanity defense, but the prosecution maintained the attack was premeditated and motivated by anger over the breakup and Royster’s financial dependence. The jury convicted him on all charges.

Did anyone who knew Willye Jean Dukes or saw events at Grand Central on January 7, 1988, come forward with information that helped the case?