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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1974
Page
8
Secret Witness summaries list rewards for cases including murder and robbery. Rewards range from 500 to 2,000 dollars, with public tips guiding arrests, and continue until cases close or rewards are withdrawn. Information must go through Secret Witness channels, and the notes cover Compton and Long Beach incidents from the 1970s.
Coroner toxicologist reports 18 year old Jeffrey Fuchs likely died from a drug overdose found in his body. Police note he may have killed his mother father sister and brother in the basement of their Park Ridge residence. Further chemical tests pending.
The Independent, Press-Telegram promotes a Secret Witness program offering rewards up to 100,000 dollars for information leading to arrests or convictions. Informants' identities remain secret, with contact hours listed and a box address in Long Beach California.
Police report three youths ages 20 Carl Widman, 22 Waverly Cotton, and 16 Elizabeth Shephard shot to death in Widman’s car on the night of October 13, 1973, near Wilmington Avenue and Artesia Boulevard. A $2,009 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Thomas Wayne Kip, who was killed by an ax or cleaver and thrown from a car.
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