$25,000 reward offered for information in 1994 Bladen County murder

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Governor Roy Cooper has announced that the State of North Carolina is offering a reward of  up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the murder of a Bladen County woman.

Martha Maxwell, 51, was found stabbed to death on January 20, 1994, in her home at 806 Blue Street in Elizabethtown. The case, which initially prompted then-Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. to offer a reward on September 12, 1994, remains unsolved.

The State Bureau of Investigation Cold Case Unit reopened the investigation on January 25, 2021, in hopes of uncovering new leads.

If you have any information, contact the Elizabethtown Police Department at (910) 862-3125 or the SBI at (919) 662-4500.