NEWARK, Ohio — A suspect has been indicted more than 35 years after the murder of a 71-year-old Newark woman.

According to Licking County Common Pleas Court records, 67-year-old Delbert Saunders Jr. was indicted by a grand jury for aggravated murder, murder, aggravated burglary, rape and two counts of kidnapping in the 1989 death of Helen Stuart.

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According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Saunders is currently at the Noble Correctional Institution serving time for a separate case where he was convicted of kidnapping, rape and having a weapon while under disability. He has been there since 2003.

The Newark Division of Police and the Licking County Prosecutor's Office will hold a press conference on Monday to discuss the case and provide further

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