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Borough, county and state investigators combed the crime scene at Cissy Stuart's home at 34 Mercer St. in this 1989 Times of Trenton photo.
This was the photo of Emily "Cissy" Stuart that ran with articles about her killing in 1989. (Times of Trenton file 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)
Cissy Stuart's historic home at 34 Mercer St. is pictured in 1989 (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)
A 1989 story in The Home News about the murder of Cissy Stuart. © USA TODAY NETWORK
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)
The front door of Cissy Stuart's home at 34 Mercer St. in Princeton, photographed by police in 1989. (Police photo)
The first article in The Star-Ledger about the crime, April 6, 1989.
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
The Mercer Street house where Cissy Stuart was found dead in 1989. (Mercer County Prosecutor's Office photo)
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)
Cissy Stuart was laid to rest in Rocky Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Princeton. (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
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.
The murder of Cissy Stuart made headlines across New Jersey, including this one from the Asbury Park Press. © USA TODAY NETWORK
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