In the early hours of March 4, 1995, New Orleans Police Officer Ronald Austin Williams II, 25, was working an off-duty security detail at the Kim Anh restaurant in New Orleans East. Williams, who had joined the force in 1992, was supporting his growing family that included his high school sweetheart and two sons, one of whom was a week old.

That night Antoinette Frank, then 23, and her accomplice Rogers Lacaze, 18, entered the closed restaurant to commit a robbery. Lacaze ambushed Officer Williams, shooting him in the neck, which severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him instantly; Lacaze then shot Williams again in the head and back, inflicting mortal wounds. Frank held two employees, 25-year-old Ha Vu and her 17-year-old brother Cuong Vu, at gunpoint, demanded money and, after the money was found, shot and killed both siblings. Other family members at the restaurant hid and survived.

Frank and Lacaze were arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Lacaze was convicted at trial July 17–21, 1995. Frank’s trial began September 5, 1995, and she was found guilty September 12, 1995; both defendants were sentenced to death for the killings.

If anyone knew Officer Williams, the Vu family, or has information about that night, please share what might help fill gaps in the timeline.