As a reward fund in the case of four people murdered in the Glenview community rose to $13,000 today, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said he is seeking to add to that by speaking with the governor’s office.
“I’ve been in communications with governor’s office to see if the governor will offer a reward,” he said this afternoon.
For those who want to contribute to the reward fund established by private citizens, family and friends they may do by making checks payable to Halifax County Crimestoppers, PO Box 123, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 with the memo Whitley-Harris case.
The sheriff should also be notified by sending him an inbox message or texting or calling him at 252-578-6761.
Meanwhile today, Tripp said he was not in a position to elaborate on his comments Tuesday that the investigation had taken a major turn.
He said the sheriff’s office continues its investigation into the home invasion and robbery which claimed the lives of James and Janice Harris and James and Peggy Whitley as they played a weekly game of cards.
The sheriff’s office received the call around 9:30 Monday morning the two couples were shot multiple times at a dining table where they had gathered to play cards. There were no signs of a struggle, Tripp said Monday, and items of value were taken from the residence.
The crime was discovered after a family member of the Harris’s, the host couple, went to the residence for a welfare check.