Police in Florida have arrested a woman accused of dressing up like a clown 27 years ago and fatally shooting the wife of her future husband.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says 54-year-old Sheila Keen Warren was arrested Tuesday in Virginia. A Florida grand jury recently indicted her on a first-degree murder charge.
Authorities say Marlene Warren was shot at her Wellington home in May 1990. The Sun-Sentinel reports Marlene Warren opened the door to a clown with a white painted face, wearing a red bulb nose and a brightly-coloured wig, holding balloons and flowers in its gloved hands. Marlene Warren was shot at least once in the head.
Sheila Keen was considered a suspect but was not arrested. The Sun-Sentinel reports that Sheila Keen was having an affair with Marlene Warren's husband, Michael Warren at the time of the murder. The local paper says Sheila Keen repossessed cars for Michael Warren’s auto dealership.
The couple married in 2002 and had been living in Tennessee. Detectives haven't said whether Michael Warren was involved in the death of his former wife.
Palm Beach County deputies reopened the case in 2014 and conducted a new DNA analysis.
with files from the Associated Press and Siobhan Morris