Timothy Charles Earney was 29 when he was found shot to death in his Albia, Iowa, home at 322 N. Eighth Street on February 2, 1984. His live-in girlfriend, Dorothy Kempf, who had been living with him for about a month, found him on the living room floor after returning from work; he had been shot twice in the head. Earlier that morning Earney had dropped Kempf at her job at Kendall School with plans to pick her up at 1 p.m., but he never arrived.

Kempf told investigators that her estranged husband had previously threatened to kill Earney, and that person became a person of interest in the investigation. Despite that lead and the agencies’ involvement, no arrests were made and the homicide remains unsolved. If anyone knew Timothy, Dorothy, or had information about threats against Earney or activity around 322 N. Eighth Street on February 2, 1984, please share what is known.