$35K reward offered for information in 1991 LaFayette, Ala. cold case murder $35K reward offered for information in 1991 LaFayette cold case murder (Source: LaFayette Police Dept.) By Olivia Gunn | April 21, 2021 at 11:40 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 12:26 AM
LAFAYETTE, Ala. (WTVM) - A reward totaling $35,000 is being offered in a 1991 cold case in LaFayette, Alabama.
27-year-old Elizabeth Spence was reported missing from LaFayette Wednesday, January 2, 1991. Her vehicle was found January 9 in the parking lot of a department store on Atlanta Highway in Montgomery. Spence’s body was found in the trunk of the vehicle upon inspection of evidence.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers and the state of Alabama are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the those involved in Spence’s murder. Her family is also offering $25,000 for an arrest and conviction the case.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers on Monday said JohnDakita Hall, 35, and Jameria Jones, 22, are charged with two counts of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, first-degree robbery and attempted kidnapping.
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Reward increased on 37th birthday of Montgomery teen missing since 2003
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
LaQuanta Riley disappeared in Montgomery in 2003. She was 19, left, and authorities have released an age-progressed photo showing what she may look like now.
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Today marks the 37th birthday of a Montgomery teen who disappeared 18 years ago, and authorities have increased the amount of reward money for information in the case.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers on Friday announced a reward of $5,000, up from $1,000, in the 2003 disappearance of LaQuanta Riley. That brings the total reward amount to $15,000.
Riley was 19 when she was last seen on Dec. 7, 2003. According to the missing persons website The Charlie Project, Riley left her Montgomery home in a dark green, four-door car, possibly a Ford Taurus or Chevrolet Caprice. The driver took Riley to her mother’s home three miles away, where Riley asked for a jacket.
The shooting happened at 4:53 p.m. Saturday in the 500 block of Pleasant Springs Drive. Police said the boy – Davion Tarver – was taken to Baptist South in Montgomery and then to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham in critical condition. After being on life-support for two days he died at 10:45 a.m. Monday, said Tuskegee Police Chief Loyd Jenkins III.