Helen Mary Kotrys Asmuth, 62, was shot to death outside her Neenah, Wisconsin, home on Nicolet Boulevard near Lake Winnebago on July 31, 1984. She was found in the driveway with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest and appeared to have been bound with rope. Her husband, James Ellsworth Asmuth Sr., was critically wounded by gunshot and found inside the house after calling for emergency help; he survived his injuries.

The case was initially treated as a failed kidnapping by a masked gunman and led investigators to follow leads as far as New York and Chicago. Over time, forensic reexamination shifted attention back toward James Asmuth. Reports say his blood was identified on Helen’s clothing and on the rope, and his eyeglasses and a detached lens were found near her body. Those findings raised questions about his account, but no arrest or charges were ever filed.

James Asmuth died in 2013 at age 92, removing the possibility of prosecuting him. The Neenah Police Department lists Helen’s death as an unsolved homicide and says the investigation is no longer worked actively but remains open. Does anyone have information about the Asmuths or that neighborhood in 1984 that could help reopen leads?