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This police photo shows the stairs from the kitchen hallway area down to the main area of the basement. Cissy Stuart was discovered in a small, back room. (Police photo)
This police photo shows the stairs from the kitchen hallway area down to the main area of the basement. Cissy Stuart was discovered in a small, back room. (Police photo)

The basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch. The first black door goes to a root cellar. The second door, to the room where she was found, is hidden in shadow. (Police photo)
The basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch. The first black door goes to a root cellar. The second door, to the room where she was found, is hidden in shadow. (Police photo)

The door to the basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch. The door was padlocked shut. (Police photo)
The door to the basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch. The door was padlocked shut. (Police photo)

A 1989 photo of 34 Mercer St. from the rear alleyway. The basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch, near the driveway. (Mercer County Prosecutor's Office photo)
A 1989 photo of 34 Mercer St. from the rear alleyway. The basement room where Cissy Stuart was killed was accessible by a few steps down under the side porch, near the driveway. (Mercer County Prosecutor's Office photo)

A 1989 Times of Trenton article details the funeral of Cissy Stuart, along with a photo of her son, Charles, hugging another mourner. Photo by Andre Malok.
A 1989 Times of Trenton article details the funeral of Cissy Stuart, along with a photo of her son, Charles, hugging another mourner. Photo by Andre Malok.

A 1989 The Home News article details the funeral of Cissy Stuart, along with a photo of her son, Donald "Jeb" Stuart III, talking with other mourners. © USA TODAY NETWORK
A 1989 The Home News article details the funeral of Cissy Stuart, along with a photo of her son, Donald "Jeb" Stuart III, talking with other mourners. © USA TODAY NETWORK

Police considered whether there might be a connection between Cissy Stuart's death and the non-fatal stabbing of a Princeton University student three months earlier, in this 1989 Times of Trenton article. Photo by Andre Malok.
Police considered whether there might be a connection between Cissy Stuart's death and the non-fatal stabbing of a Princeton University student three months earlier, in this 1989 Times of Trenton article. Photo by Andre Malok.

Roses decorate the grave where Cissy Stuart was laid to rest in Rocky Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Princeton. The headstones belong to, left to right, those of Cissy, her mother and father, Emily and Charles Cowenhoven, and her sister, Margaretta Cowenhoven. (Rebecca Everett | NJ Advance Media)
Roses decorate the grave where Cissy Stuart was laid to rest in Rocky Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Princeton. The headstones belong to, left to right, those of Cissy, her mother and father, Emily and Charles Cowenhoven, and her sister, Margaretta Cowenhoven. (Rebecca Everett | NJ Advance Media)
Roses decorate the grave where Cissy Stuart was laid to rest in Rocky Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Princeton. The headstones belong to, left to right, those of Cissy, her mother and father, Emily and Charles Cowenhoven, and her sister, Margaretta Cowenhoven. (Rebecca Everett | NJ Advance Media)

Cissy Stuart's sons, Donald "Jeb" Stuart III, left, and Charles Stuart, right, announce a $25,000 reward for information in the investigation of their mother's death in this 1989 article from The Central New Jersey Home News. © USA TODAY NETWORK
Cissy Stuart's sons, Donald "Jeb" Stuart III, left, and Charles Stuart, right, announce a $25,000 reward for information in the investigation of their mother's death in this 1989 article from The Central New Jersey Home News. © USA TODAY NETWORK

The late Princeton Borough Police Chief Anthony Federico is photographed in 2005 sitting at his desk with an old poster offering a reward (that's no longer active) for information in the homicide investigation of Cissy Stuart. Photo by Michael Mancuso.
The late Princeton Borough Police Chief Anthony Federico is photographed in 2005 sitting at his desk with an old poster offering a reward (that's no longer active) for information in the homicide investigation of Cissy Stuart. Photo by Michael Mancuso.

An old poster offering a reward for information in the homicide investigation of Cissy Stuart. The reward fund is no longer active but then Borough Chief Anthony Federico kept a copy of it on the bulletin board behind his desk in this 2005 photo by Michael Mancuso.
An old poster offering a reward for information in the homicide investigation of Cissy Stuart. The reward fund is no longer active but then Borough Chief Anthony Federico kept a copy of it on the bulletin board behind his desk in this 2005 photo by Michael Mancuso.
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