Heriberto Morales was 50 when he was killed inside his apartment at 1035 Haven Avenue in New York City on December 22, 1981. The death followed a Christmas party; Morales was found shot to death and his apartment later discovered fire-damaged. Investigators linked his killing to a string of similar apartment shootings and post‑fire arsons that had appeared across the city, noting common methods and in some cases connections to the victims’ sexual lives.

In mid-January 1982 police arrested David Bullock and said weapons were seized. Prosecutors charged Bullock in multiple murders, including Morales’s, and later reported that Bullock pleaded guilty to six counts of second‑degree murder after describing returning with Morales to Morales’s apartment and shooting him. Sentencing imposed consecutive prison terms.

Are there details about Morales’s life or that night which might help clarify what happened?