Shirley Gates was 51 when she was killed at her home on North Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 17, 1995. April was not at the house, and Collins allegedly forced his way in, tied Shirley up and shot her twice, once above and once below the ear, with a .22-caliber revolver that may have belonged to Shirley.

After taking Shirley’s vehicle, Collins is said to have driven a short distance to a birthday party where April, age 30, was present. There he reportedly shot April in the head and twice in the stomach, allegedly shouting why’d you tell, and she later died. The killings of Shirley and April preceded a multi-day, multi-state crime spree in New Jersey and New York that ended when Collins was killed in a shootout with police in Nutley, New Jersey a few days later. No arrest or trial for Shirley’s murder took place because the suspect was killed during capture.

Are there witnesses, neighbors or family members who remember Shirley or who can add details about that night?