$25,000 OFFERED FOR HELP IN SOLVING 1995 SLAYING.Byline: Jennifer Knight Daily News Staff Writer Out of clues in a 1995 homicide case, police and city officials offered a $25,000 reward Monday for information that could help solve the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old bail bondsman bail bondsman n. a professional agent for an insurance company who specializes in providing bail bonds for people charged with crimes and awaiting trial in order to have them released. . Willie Litmanovich was shot to death May 7, 1995, inside his Willie's Bail Bonds A written promise signed by a defendant or a surety (one who promises to act in place of another) to pay an amount fixed by a court should the defendant named in the document fail to appear in court for the designated criminal proceeding at the date and time specified. at 4710 Van Nuys Blvd., after he responded to a late-night page, police said. ``We've reached a point where we've just exhausted all of our leads,'' said Detective Roberta Moore of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Van Nuys Division. What investigators know is that it was not unusual for Litmanovich, a bail bondsman for several years, to leave late at night to meet a client. ``It's possible that whoever he was going to meet, he felt comfortable with or it was a particularly important call,'' Moore said. Bondsmen often hire bounty hunters Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. to track criminals who have skipped bail. Given those hazards, police believe it might have played a part in his murder. When he didn't return for several hours, his wife paged him several times, possibly clearing the number of the killer from the pager's memory, Moore said. A family friend then was sent to check on him, leading to the discovery of the body. Anyone with information can call Moore at (818) 756-8377 or after business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , detective headquarters at (213) 485-2504. The police hope the reward will flush out reluctant witnesses. |
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