Frank Martin Marty Theer was 31 and an Air Force Captain at Pope Air Force Base when he was shot to death after a holiday dinner on December 17, 2000. He and his wife, Michelle Theer, had returned to Michelle and Dr. Thomas Harbin’s Fayetteville office around 10:30 PM to drop off the other couples. Michelle went back inside to retrieve a reference book, heard gunfire, and found Marty in the parking lot lying in a pool of blood. Emergency responders arrived but Marty had already died; the autopsy listed extreme blood loss from five gunshot wounds, including one fired at close range just behind his left ear.

Investigators uncovered a volatile love triangle involving Michelle and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Diamond. Michelle and Marty had been high school sweethearts and married since Marty’s 1991 Air Force Academy graduation, but their marriage was described as troubled and Michelle had multiple affairs, including with Diamond. Diamond borrowed a gun similar to the murder weapon shortly before the killing and reportedly had no credible alibi. His court-martial began in March 2001; he was convicted and sentenced to life in a military prison and reduced in rank. Michelle Theer was later convicted of murdering her husband and also sentenced to life.

Does anyone have information about Marty’s movements that night or recall seeing either Michelle Theer or John Diamond near the Fayetteville office on December 17, 2000?