REWARD RENEWED IN GROCER'S DEATH; ROBBERS KILLED WOMAN IN '95.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer Vowing to close a 3-year-old slaying case, 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. officials announced Thursday that they have renewed a $25,000 reward for information on the killers of a Van Nuys woman gunned down in the market she ran with her husband. ``We want to bring these killers to justice,'' City Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management said outside the store in which Jyotsna Prajapati, 29, was shot to death July 11, 1995. ``We want to send a message that we're not going to give up on this case.'' Detectives said they have several suspects, but have not yet made any arrests. They need more information, they said, to bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz the case. ``We have to rekindle re·kin·dle tr.v. re·kin·dled, re·kin·dling, re·kin·dles 1. To relight (a fire). 2. To revive or renew: rekindled an old interest in the sciences. in people's minds what happened here,'' said Detective Dave Escoto of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. division. Prajapati was working behind the counter at the Top Produce Market when two men, described as Latinos in gang attire, tried to shoplift shop·lift v. shop·lift·ed, shop·lift·ing, shop·lifts v.intr. To steal merchandise from a store that is open for business. v.tr. a 12-pack of beer. They shot her in the head when she tried to stop them, officials said. Although the case is several years old, detectives say they now have more time to focus on it as the city's homicide rate continues to drop. City Council members voted Wednesday to renew the offer for information leading to the killers' arrests. They have made the offer twice before. Prajapati's husband, Kamlesh, pleaded Thursday for more witnesses to come forward. At his side stood their daughter, Atithi, now 6. Atithi was asleep behind the counter when her mother was shot and is too young to remember much of what happened, Prajapati said. Since the slaying, Prajapati said, he has relied on their extended family to help raise the girl. ``I've got a big family, and my sister-in-law, she takes care of her,'' Prajapati said. ``If I was alone, it would be very difficult.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1 -- 2 -- composite sketch sketch, a rapidly executed kind of pictorial note-taking. The sketch is not usually intended as an autonomous work of art, although many have been considered masterpieces in their own right. ) Police are hoping a $25,000 reward will help yield information on two slaying suspects. |
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