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Jackson police charged Keon Stewart with Second-Degree Murder in the homicide investigation of Amanda Northern. Stewart was arraigned Oct. 25 in Jackson City Court. He remains in custody at the Madison County Jail in lieu of $10,000,000 bond.
 
On Oct. 16 around 8 p.m., Officers responded to 507 Parkwood Trace Apartments in reference to a welfare concern. Police executed a search warrant at the apartment and found Amanda Northern, 24, deceased from an apparent homicide. Her two children, ages three and two, were missing.
 
Investigators determined that the children were with their father, Keon Stewart, 23, of Brownsville. The Tennessee Bureau Investigation broadcasted an Endangered Child alert. With the assistance of the Chattanooga Police Department, Stewart and the children were safely found in Chattanooga. Stewart was arrested on outstanding, unrelated warrants and transported back to Jackson.
 
Investigators continued to investigate the homicide and determined that Stewart strangled Northern during an altercation, which resulted in her death.  After consultation with the District Attorney’s Office, Investigators charged Stewart with Second-Degree Murder.