WATCH LIVE: LA County DA Gascón, CHP officials ask for public's help in Tioni Theus case after teen's body found on side of 110 Freeway
The victim's family and community activists gathered to call on elected officials to establish a reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.
Mitchell said she brought the reward motions to highlight the"lack of attention murders of people in some communities really get." "Ms. Theus lived in Compton and was a student at Centennial High School," according to the county motion."She was reportedly living with her father as her mother recovered from a serious hit-and-run accident. Family members say she was a straight-A student and enjoyed dance and golf."
"Investigators are urging anyone with information about this incident to contact the California Highway Patrol. A reward will encourage members of the public to come forward with information that can help identify the individual responsible for her death." The board's approval comes after her family and community activists have been pushing for a reward, claiming race is playing a factor.in the killing of the young Black girl stands in stark contrast to efforts that led to a $250,000 reward offered in the search for the killer of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer, a Pacific Palisades resident and UCLA grad student who was fatally stabbed Jan. 13 inside a boutique furniture store in Hancock Park.
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