BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) -Governor Roy Cooper’s office is offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of a Bladen County woman.
Martha Maxwell was found stabbed to death inside her Elizabethtown home on January 20, 1994.
According to investigators, someone got inside Martha’s home and stabbed her several times in the chest and neck. The autopsy report also says Martha suffered wounds on her hands, possibly from fending off her attacker.
It remains one of the oldest unsolved murder cases in North Carolina, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. offered a $6,000 reward shortly after the murder. The SBI Cold Case Unit reopened the investigation on January 25, 2021.
Anyone who knows or remembers information related to the murder of Maxwell can call the Elizabethtown Police Department at 910-862-3125 or the State Bureau of Investigation at 919-662-4500.
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