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REWARD OFFERED IN BOY'S SLAYING.


Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer

WEST HILLS - The FBI, in conjunction with the parents of a slain teen from West Hills, offered a $30,000 reward Monday for information leading to the capture of Jesse James Hollywood Jesse James Hollywood (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) was a drug dealer and fugitive. He allegedly kidnapped and ordered the murder of Nicholas Markowitz.  in relation with the kidnap-murder case.

``It is definitely not common to have a reward like that,'' said FBI spokeswoman Cheryl Mimura, adding that Hollywood has been featured on the program ``America's Most Wanted'' four times since last August so ``he's definitely one of the most wanted Most Wanted may refer to:
  • Lists used by law enforcement agencies to alert the public, such as the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
  • America's Most Wanted, a U.S.
 in 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. .''

The FBI is offering $20,000 of the reward and the family of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz has offered $10,000. Nicholas was kidnapped from his West Hills neighborhood Aug. 6, allegedly at the direction of Hollywood because of a drug debt believed to be owed by Nicholas' halrother, Benjamin Markowitz. Two days after being bound, gagged and shot, Nicholas' body was found near a Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850.  County nature trail.

While several alleged accomplices have been caught and are awaiting trial, police have yet to find the 21-year-old Hollywood of West Hills.

``There is pretty good information he may be in Canada,'' Mimura said. ``Regardless of the money, if people are aware of it, they may say they have seen him somewhere.''

As a compassionate gesture, Nicholas' parents, Jeff and Susan Markowitz, offered to place the money in a trust for the college education of Hollywood's younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
  • Younger Brother (music group)
  • Younger Brother (Trinity House) - a title within the British organisation, Trinity House
 should Hollywood choose to surrender to police, authorities said.

Hollywood reportedly left L.A. for Colorado before returning to the L.A. area. After episodes of ``America's Most Wanted For the professional wrestling tag team, see .

For the United States FBI list of fugitives, see .
America's Most Wanted is a long-running TV show produced by 20th Century Fox.
,'' there were reports of Hollywood sightings
For the New York City-based band, see Sightings (band)


Sightings was a paranormal-themed television program that was first broadcast as an hour special entitled "UFO Report: Sightings" in October 1991.
 in Mexico and Canada.

A joint investigation by the FBI and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department has developed numerous leads.

Mimura said authorities are attempting to bring this case to the spotlight again to raise awareness that Hollywood is still being sought.

Hollywood is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 140 pounds with possibly blond or brown hair, worn either long, short or shaved. He has blue eyes Blue eyes are eyes that have blue irises (see eye color), and may also refer to:
  • IBM have a project named "BlueEyes" to develop computational devices that mimic perception.
  • Old blue eyes is also a common reference to Frank Sinatra and Sven-Göran Eriksson.
 and could have a goatee, authorities said. Anyone with information about Hollywood's whereabouts is asked to contact local authorities, the FBI at (310) 477-6565 or the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department at (805) 681-4171.

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