On the morning of Monday, October 23, 2017, a single gunshot in a northwest Albany, Georgia home ended the life of 62-year-old Diane Kelly. Police were called to 1201 Valley Road at about 4:49 a.m. after David Kelly reported hearing a gunshot and finding his wife in their bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the face.

Investigators soon focused suspicion on David Kelly. He was taken to the Law Enforcement Center for questioning, and that afternoon he was charged with the murder of his wife and booked into the Dougherty County Jail. The killing was recorded as the city’s 20th homicide that year.

The case proceeded through the courts and resulted in David Kelly’s conviction and a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole plus five years. Diane Kelly was remembered by friends and neighbors as kind and caring.

If anyone knew Diane or has information about her life or the events that led to her death, please share what you know.