Carolyn Worthy, 55, and her husband Acie Clifford Worthy, 68, were found shot to death and their home burned in McCalla, Alabama, after attending Sunday night church on October 15, 1989. Volunteer firefighters discovered the charred residence in the early hours of October 16, and investigators determined the fire had been set to conceal the killings.

Authorities considered motive uncertain; investigators thought murder was primary but did not rule out robbery. Acie Worthy’s role as a Veterans of Foreign Wars post officer and reports that he often carried significant amounts of cash led detectives to consider a theft-related angle. One month after the slayings, Florida law enforcement contacted investigators about a similar double homicide of an elderly couple from January 1989, but no clear link was reported.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office lists the case as cold. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named. Did anyone in McCalla at that time notice unfamiliar vehicles or people near the Worthy home that Sunday night?