Crime Stoppers program offers reward for information in cold case
A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered for information that results in the solving of a 1991 cold case involving the murder of a female Harris County deputy, said Sgt. Sylvia Jennings, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman.
“As part of the Office of the Governor and Texas Crime Stopper’s Fallen Hero Reward–Texas Remembers program, a reward up to $20,000 is being offered for information that results in this case being solved,” Jennings said.
Crime Stoppers of Houston, in partnership with the 100 Club, also is offering a reward up to $10,000 through its Fallen Hero Project.
“DPS is seeking the public’s help solving the 25-year-old murder of Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Roxyann Allee, who was shot and killed 25 years ago on Sept. 30,” Jennings said.
About Sept 30, 1991, Deputy Allee was walking to her van after shopping at Greenspoint Mall, near North Freeway and Texas 8 Beltway, reports state.
“Witnesses observed two black men force Allee into her van at gunpoint,” Jennings said. “Later that evening, Allee’s van was found burned near the mall. Her body was discovered a short time later at another location. Allee had been shot and killed.”
According to reports, Allee was working at Harris County Jail at the time of her death.
“Deputy Allee was a committed public servant who dedicated her career to the service and protection of others, and it would be a monumental injustice for her murder to go unsolved,” said Gov. Greg Abbott. “We hope that renewing the public’s interest about this case will uncover critical information, and bring closure to the investigation and her family.”
To be eligible for cash rewards, Jennings said anyone with information can provide an anonymous tip on the murder in 3 different ways:
Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800252-TIPS (8477).
Text the letters “DPS”–followed by your tip–to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
Submit a tip online: tipsubmit.com/ WebTipsCSI.aspx?L=E&AgencyID=650.
“All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous,” Jennings said.
The Fallen Hero Reward program was created in January and is designed to help generate new leads in unsolved cases involving Texas law enforcement officers or first responders who were murdered or suffered an incapacitating injury while in the line of duty or while acting in an official capacity, according to reports.
The program is funded by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division.
Jennings said any Texas agency that may have an unresolved or cold case that meets the criteria for the Fallen Hero Reward program should email Texas Crime Stoppers at txcrimestoppers@gov.texas.gov