LAFAYETTE, Ga. (AP) — An Alabama man is in custody for the stabbing death of a woman 24 years ago at her home in Georgia, authorities said Friday.
U.S. Marshals arrested Clerence George, 63, at his Birmingham home at about 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 22. He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail awaiting extradition to Georgia on charges of murder and aggravated assault in the 2000 slaying of Julie Ann McDonald.
Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said during a news conference Friday that McDonald, a 43-year-old pharmacist, had been stabbed multiple times and likely had been dead for three or four days when her body was found inside her home in LaFayette, Georgia, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta.
There were several suspects at the time, he said, including George, an acquaintance of McDonald who was found in possession of her checkbook. However, there was not enough evidence to make any arrests.
The sheriff said authorities are not yet releasing a possible motive in McDonald’s death.