Mary Pewitt: Someone involved in 1988 cold case murder in Oklahoma could be in Georgetown

OKLAHOMA – Investigators believe someone connected to the 36-year-old cold case murder of Mary Pewitt in Oklahoma could be in Central Texas. The children of the murdered young mother want answers to close the case.

On June 4, 1988, Kira Allen-Lowe, then seven, and her sister were dropped off by their grandmother at home in Comanche, Oklahoma.

They ran to the door, but their mother didn’t answer, so Kira’s sister looked through the window.

“It was a three-pane window in the front. There was a planter in the front, and she climbed on top of it, and you could just look in. My mother was partially covered and there was blood everywhere,” Kira said.

Mary, who was 25, was stabbed several times.

‘I definitely knew something was wrong, but to what extent I don’t know. The next few days were certainly a blur. I know when we went to her funeral, we knew someone had done something terrible. We knew it had to be someone very close to her,” Kira said.

Kira and her family have been living with questions for decades.

“You don’t know who to trust and who not to trust,” she said.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation recently confirmed that Mary may have had connections to Georgetown and Royse City, outside Dallas.

“We’re pretty sure there’s someone in Georgetown, without naming names or anything, who knows what happened that night. We just need them to come forward,” Kira said.

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While details are scarce at this time due to the investigation, Kira says there is someone in Mary’s life who has lived in Georgetown for the past ten years. In Royse City, “there is someone there who we are very certain knows what happened or participated in what happened that night,” Kira said.

She hopes this information will shed some light on the case.

“I’m hopeful. It’s something I feel like I’ve always known,” she said. “It gave me hope that they were getting a little closer.”

The hope is that recent developments can close this case 36 years after the murder.

“She missed having grandchildren and our children having a grandmother. She would have done anything for anyone,” she said. “What I’m asking is for someone please, please, I beg you to come forward and do what she would have done for you.”

She describes her mother’s personality as magnetic.

“She walked into a room and you immediately wanted to be her friend. “She had a smile that warmed your heart,” she said.

OSBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the case. You can contact them at [email protected] or 1-800-522-8017.

“If you’ve heard a story about Mary or a murder in Oklahoma, please check out the case,” Kira said.