Martha Jane Maxwell, 51, was last seen alive Thursday morning, January 20, 1994, at about 8:45 a.m. at her home in Elizabethtown when her daughter Hilda Faye Mckoy left for work. Later that day, about 12:30 p.m., her husband Johnny Maxwell returned and found the storm door unlocked, which was unusual because Mrs. Maxwell normally locked both storm and interior doors when she was home alone.

Inside the front door he found Martha lying on her back just inside the entry. She had suffered multiple stab wounds and a cut throat. There were signs of a struggle in the den and defensive wounds on her hands and wrists.

Anyone with information about this homicide or other unsolved cases in North Carolina is asked to contact the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation at (800) 334-3000. Does anyone remember seeing anything unusual in Elizabethtown that day or know more about Martha’s movements that morning?