REWARDS PONDERED IN KILLING MURDER CASE HAS FEW LEADS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Two $5,000 rewards are being considered by Palmdale and Los Angeles County officials to try to spur leads in the investigation of the Feb. 22 slaying of Michelle O'Keefe. The Palmdale City Council will vote Wednesday on offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer. A similar reward is expected to be considered by the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. . ``Homicide detectives are investigating the case but have few strong leads that point them to the suspect of this vicious and senseless crime,'' Anne Ambrose, senior administrative analyst, wrote in a report to the City Council. ``The posting of a reward is another effort to keep the search for Michelle's murderer in the forefront of the public's awareness.'' If information is provided that does lead to an arrest and conviction, the homicide detectives investigating the case will be the final arbiter of who will receive the reward, city officials said. In case multiple people provide the same information that leads to an arrest and conviction, the reward will be split among the informants. O'Keefe, 18, was found dead, shot in the head and body in her 2000 Ford Mustang in the Park-and-Ride lot on Avenue S next to the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . She had just returned from the Grand Olympic Auditorium The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a sports venue in Los Angeles, California, United States. Located at 1801 S. Grand Avenue, the venue was built in 1924 specifically for the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, which saw the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling events held there. in Los Angeles, where she and a friend had attended the filming of a Kid Rock video for an IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard show. The friend dropped O'Keefe off at her car in the lot and, once she saw O'Keefe turn on her lights and begin backing out of her space, she drove away, deputies said. Investigators are unsure what happened next except that a parking lot security guard heard gunshots and, following his company's procedure, called for backup. Within about eight to 10 minutes, security guards found that O'Keefe's Mustang had backed out of its space and into a planter. Her body was behind the wheel. O'Keefe, a former Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). student, had been a full-time student Full-Time Student A status that is important for determining dependency exemptions. An individual enrolled in a post-secondary institution may be eligible for certain tax breaks. Notes: The full-time status is based on what the individual's school considers full time. at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. , where she was on the dean's list. |
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