Marian Green spent years trying to find a path forward for her only child, a close friend said. That child, Chester Green, 26, is now charged with killing her inside their Fox Meadow home.

Chester Green was arraigned Wednesday, July 8, on one count of second-degree murder in the death of his mother at 43 Butler Road, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. He is being held without bail at the Westchester County Jail and is scheduled to return to Scarsdale Village Court on Aug. 5. The killing was Scarsdale's first homicide since January 2016.

According to a felony complaint filed by Scarsdale Det. Anthony Gaudio, Chester Green stabbed and beat his 71-year-old mother multiple times with a sharp object and a blunt instrument sometime between 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 5, and 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 7. Scarsdale police found him outside the Butler Road residence when they responded to a call for assistance and discovered Marian Green dead inside.

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Nancy Meyers Silverman, 57, a close friend of Marian Green, told the New York Post that Green constantly talked about wanting the best for Chester. She encouraged his interest in blacksmithing and brought him to community and political meetings to spark civic involvement.

"She was worried about her son, she really was," Silverman told the Post. "She wanted him to be a productive part of society."

Silverman said Chester attended special education classes and, in her view, never quite fit in with others in the community. She said she never saw signs suggesting he could become violent. Chester was Marian's only child, and the two lived alone after his father died.

At his arraignment before Judge Erin McGoey, defense attorney Michael Borrelli did not request bail and asked that his client undergo physical and psychiatric evaluation while detained. The only words Chester Green spoke were "I understand your Honor" when warned about appearing at all court proceedings.

Marian Green, a landscape designer by training, chaired the Scarsdale Advisory Council for People with Disabilities for several years and previously led C.H.I.L.D., a Parent Teacher Council committee advocating for students with learning differences. Ronny Hersch, who served on the advisory council with Green for over a decade, said she first met Green when she helped run the school store at Scarsdale Middle School while Chester was a student there.

Green was also a driving force behind the Board of Trustees' 2025 commitment to fund sidewalk repairs and advocated for accessible parking improvements, including at a Village Board meeting in December 2025.

Mayor Justin Arest called Green "a passionate and unwavering advocate for residents with disabilities" who devoted more than a decade to the village's disability council.

District Attorney Susan Cacace said the tragedy was "compounded by the familial relation between the victim and suspect in this case." The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Brianna Ciuffi and Caroline Zicca and Bureau Chief Jonathan Strongin.

The investigation involved the Scarsdale Police Department, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety Forensic Investigation Unit, and the DA's Criminal Investigators Squad. The Scarsdale Police Department said additional charges may be filed as the investigation continues.