Jean Reider, 47, was shot and killed on the morning of January 8, 1989, at the McDonald’s she managed in the Parkway Shopping Center in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. The attack occurred during a robbery that also claimed the life of co-worker Charles Hegarty, 46.

Robert Hughes, a 21-year-old former employee, was arrested shortly after the murders in nearby Delaware and extradited to Pennsylvania. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, robbery, possession of instruments of crime, and violations of the Uniform Firearms Act. Investigators reported Hughes had a history of psychological problems and steroid abuse; he initially pleaded guilty but mentally ill, later elected a bench trial on stipulated facts, was convicted and sentenced to death.

The killings devastated both families and the local community.