Reward in Somer Thompson case rises to $64,000
ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) – The reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of a slain Orange Park girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill has risen to $64,000.
Two nonprofit organizations, the Jacksonville-based Justice Coalition and CrimeStoppers, are offering rewards of $48,000 and $16,000, respectively, for information in the homicide of Somer Thompson.
The 7-year-old girl vanished in late October as she was walking home from school in her northeast Florida community. Her body was found in a landfill some 50 miles away.
No one has been charged in her death, and authorities said last week they were processing evidence and shifting through 4,200 tips in the case.