William Perry was a 32-year-old Port Authority police officer working in plainclothes on December 22, 1980. While riding a PATH train in Jersey City he confronted a passenger who was smoking and playing loud music; when the passenger refused to comply Perry attempted to remove him at the Journal Square station and a struggle ensued. The passenger, identified as Fernando Odom, produced a handgun and shot Officer Perry.

Odom fled the station, stole a car and escaped; a manhunt led to his arrest in Atlanta ten days later. Perry had been with the Port Authority Police Department for four years and was survived by his wife and two young children.

What information do readers have that might shed light on Perry’s last shift or his family’s efforts after his death?