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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
14
The Secret Witness program by The Independent and Press Telegram has led to 75 arrests since it began on June 10, 1972 with rewards totaling 51 500. Rewards remain in effect until cases are closed or withdrawn and may apply to other major crimes or fugitives.
A public notice explains how to join Secret Witness with a $100000 guaranteed fund for rewards and promises secrecy for informants. It lists multiple cases from 1976 1977 in Long Beach Wilmington San Pedro and surrounding areas offering $2000 rewards for murder or kidnapping convictions and $1000 for arrest plus $2000 for murder, with contact through a telephone line or mail.
Jeffrey Williams and Juan D. Martinez, both teens charged as adults, were bound over in Compton Municipal Court on two counts each of murder and kidnapping for the executions of two youths. Bail set at 150 dollars for each. The case ties to brothers James Williams and Douglas Collins, with Tim Cantrell noted in court documents.
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