Timothy Barton Foltz, 27, vanished from Concord, North Carolina after closing Colonial Jewelers in the Main Street Mall on Saturday, January 23, 1982, and was last seen January 24, 1982. He was a co-owner of the shop; his partners were David and Ann English. The next Monday he failed to report for work, which was uncharacteristic.

Nearly $300,000 worth of diamond rings went missing from the store safe. The safe showed no forced entry and had been secured over the weekend; the burglar alarm had been switched off with the key left in the panel. Only the owners had keys to the alarm, so investigators concluded Timothy’s key was likely used. His metallic blue Chevy Monte Carlo turned up abandoned in a Holiday Inn parking lot in Concord on February 28, 1982. Timothy’s apartment still contained his personal belongings.

Friends and family said he was happy with his life and not the type to steal, and many believed he may have been forced to open the safe. Does anyone have information about Timothy’s movements the weekend of January 23–24, 1982, or about the Monte Carlo after that date?