By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

BALDWYN, Miss. - When police in Missiissippi arrested at woman for capital murder this week, they found bus tickets to Indiana in her pocket.  Her plan to come back to Terre Haute failed.

Shawnie V. Young, 47, of Baldwyn, Miss., was booked into the Lee County Jail Tuesday evening. She is accused of killing a 63-year-old woman, Pamela J. Britt.

According to Advics employees who previously worked with Young in Terre Haute, the suspect recently moved to Mississippi. She had reached out to a former coworker at the factory, asking for money  to buy her a bus ticket--  with the plan to come back and live with him. When the older man did not hear back from her, he believed he had been scammed out of the money. His coworkers did some quick checking and were able to find the national news reports regarding Young's arrest, according to a source. He was stunned to hear what had happened.

According to Baldwyn, Miss. Police Department investigators, the suspect allegedly looked for the victim at her home and killed her in the garage. The victim's employer went to check on the woman, who had reportedly been known to go home on her lunch breaks, when she didn't return to work. He witnessed Young leaving the garage and notified police.

Details of the murder have not been released, however it has been speculated the suspect was acting out of jealousy regarding a man.

Young remains held in the jail on $5 million bond.