On the early morning of Thursday, July 8, 1993, 37-year-old Betty Conley was found dead behind the counter of the Xtra-Mart in Charlton, New York, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. About $100 was missing from the register, and investigators treated robbery as the apparent motive. Authorities estimate the assailant entered the store at roughly 2:10 a.m.; a customer discovered Conley at about 3:00 a.m. A security camera at the store did not record and was reportedly broken by the perpetrator.

Witnesses described a white male, about 30 to 35 years old, roughly 6 feet 2 inches with a medium build, clean-shaven, shoulder-length blonde hair and wearing a peach-colored tank top. A mid-1980s white four-door sedan with rust and primer on the driver’s side door was seen in the parking lot. Betty’s husband, Bruce, was investigated and cleared; his firearms did not match the murder weapon and he passed a polygraph. Two children, then 17 and 15, survived her. No arrests have ever been made and the case remains open; the Xtra-Mart’s parent company continues to offer a reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone has information about the man or the vehicle seen that night, or remembers unusual activity on State Route 67 and Peaceable Road around July 8, 1993, please come forward.