Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Woman charged in 40-year-old Warner Robins murder

Mary Jane Stewart (Credit: Macon Telegraph)
Mary Jane Stewart (Credit: Macon Telegraph)
By Raisa Habersham
March 16, 2017

A 59-year-old woman was arrested in Texas after police say she killed a Warner Robins teenager more than 40 years ago, according to the Macon Telegraph.

Mary Jane Stewart faces felony murder charges in the murder of Cheryl White in 1975. White, who was 16 at the time, was found stabbed to death, the paper reported.

Warner Robins officials said the two women knew each other.

No details were released on how Stewart was found. She was arrested in San Antonio.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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