Christian Haley Prince was 19 and a sophomore at Yale when he was shot dead on the steps of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in the early hours of February 17, 1991. He had left a party at Sterling-Sheffield-Strathcona Hall around 1 a.m. intending to walk to his off-campus apartment on Whitney Avenue. A graduate student found him about fifteen minutes later; the bullet pierced his heart and he was pronounced dead at Yale-New Haven Hospital at 2:05 a.m. His wallet, with $46 and credit cards, was found across the street.

Investigators traced the case to 16-year-old James Duncan Fleming after a tip from a friend, Randy Fleming, who gave a taped statement saying he and James had sought money for a concert, confronted Prince, and that James shot him. James Fleming was arrested in May 1991 and tried on multiple counts. Randy later recanted his statement at trial, and juries reached mixed outcomes: an acquittal on first-degree murder, a conspiracy to rob conviction that drew a nine-year sentence, and eventual acquittals on remaining charges after a second trial in March 1993.

Does anyone have additional information about Prince’s last movements that night or about witnesses who saw him on Hillhouse Avenue?