On the evening of April 23, 2005, 22-year-old Renae Ann Strater was shot and killed inside a Fort Wayne apartment. A Woodlan High School graduate and mother of a son and a daughter, Strater had been drinking and dancing with a small group when an argument escalated. He then produced a .38 pistol and shot Strater in the head, killing her.

Stewart also shot another woman in the apartment, Janice Coleman, who was hit in the torso and survived with serious injuries. After the shootings Stewart fled but told a neighbor I shot them bitches and expressed regret. Court records show Stewart was arrested, tried and convicted of murder for Strater’s death and attempted murder for Coleman’s injuries; his later appeal claiming ineffective assistance of counsel was denied. Renae Strater was laid to rest in Eel River Cemetery in Allen County, Indiana.

If anyone knew Renae, where she spent her time, or has information about that night, please share what is known.