(NBC) - Almost 2 decades later, an arrest has been made in the 1990 killer clown case. Sheila Keen Warren was arrested without incident in Washington County, Virginia, on a charge of first-degree murder with use of a firearm in the killing of Marlene Warren - her current husband's previous wife, officials say. What might be a nightmare to some, was a reality for Marlene.
Warren's son heard the gunshot and found his mother bleeding to death in the doorway. While trying to help his mother, he watched as the clown "calmly" walked back to a white Chrysler LeBaron and drove away, according to reports. Two days later, Marlene Warren died at a Loxahatchee hospital. "This is the strangest thing I've seen in all my nineteen years in law enforcement," Ferrell said the day after the murder. Initially, police suspected Michael Warren, the victim's husband, as family and friends said the couple were having problems in their marriage. Police initially focused on Warren's husband, Michael Warren, as the orchestrator in his wife's killing and suspected that Keen-Warren may have played a role in the murder. At the time of the killing, Keen-Warren worked at Michael Warren's used car dealership, the Sun-Sentinel reported in 1992. Detectives suspected the two were having an affair, but Keen-Warren denied the allegation. She reported that was repossessing cars the day Warren was shot. Costume store employees recalled a woman matching Keen-Warren's description bought a clown outfit hours before Warren's death. Orange fibers matching the clown wig were also found in Keen-Warren's home, detectives said. No arrests or charges were made until dusting off the cold case in 2014. Deputies re-interviewed witnesses and conducted DNA analysis. They also learned that Warren was now married to his mistress from the time of the crime. Warren married Shelia Keen after re-emerging in 2002 after disappearing in 1997 following his release from prison. He served 3 years for 43 counts of odometer tampering, grand theft and racketeering. Keen-Warren had been a suspect in the murder almost from the beginning. However, prosecutors never had enough evidence to charge her until new technology allowed them to retest the DNA. Detectives said they were told as early as four months after the murder that the two had been having an affair and that Warren had paid rent for Keen's apartment.
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