Two Local Businesses Pitch In To Help Solve Murder
So far this year, eighteen people have been murdered in Austin. Six of those murders remain unsolved.
One of these unsolved murders occurred in a drainage ditch under 30th Street in a bustling campus area busy with all day (and night) bike, car and foot traffic. The victim was a 50-year old blind man named Randall Hays. Robbery is believed to be the motive in this murder and he wasn't stabbed or shot, but brutally beaten for a large sum of money he had just received. Now, a community of local businesses wishing to return to the carefree atmosphere of the neighborhood is taking matters into their own hands.
After an announcement just hours ago, Taco Shack and Trudy's are offering $5,000 in reward money for any tips about Hays' murder. Taco Shack has put up $1,000, while Trudy's is offering the remaining $4,000. This on top of the already announced cash reward of $1,000 offered by APD for any information leading to an arrest (pictured above).
Many believe that the high number of cash rewards are to attract the dozens of homeless men and women living in the area who are believed to have more information pertaining to the ongoing investigation.
