Hobart police offer $5,000 reward in investigation of November double murder
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police in Hobart, Indiana, are asking for your help in solving a double murder.
Investigators and relatives of 20-year-old Destiny Loreal Jackson and 19-year-old Nazirah Elizia hope to spark some leads, more than two months after the two women were found shot to death.
Hobart police have teamed up with Chicago Crime Stoppers and community activist Andrew Holmes to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of a suspect or suspects in the murders.
On Nov. 4, Hobart police were called to the Haven Apartments at 418 Ruta Drive to conduct a welfare check, when they found Jackson and Muhammad dead of multiple gunshot wounds.
Police have said they searched the area in and around that building, collected evidence, and sent it to a lab for testing. They are still searching for the person or people responsible for the murders.
Investigators later determined Jackson and Elizia had been shot around 4 a.m. on Nov. 3.
Police said investigators have executed several search warrants and subpoenas for cell phone data and social media accounts in connection to the murders, and interviewed several witnesses and people who were in contact with the victims before their deaths.
Jackson's sister, Sha Houston, said she has not gotten a restful night of sleep since Jackson was found dead, and that is why she is joining Hobart police to ask for anyone with information about the case to come forward.
"I need to understand what happened to my sister. I need to understand why this took place. … Even if I never understand why, I need the person behind bars. I need justice," she said.
Houston said police told her they will be offering a $5,000 reward for information that helps find the person or people responsible for the murders. She hopes the reward will incentivize the community to share information.
"If you knew Destiny, everybody who knows Destiny, they would tell you Destiny she had the best heart. She was always there for you. She was a homebody. She hardly ever left the house unless it was to do things with her brothers and sisters, or a program that she attended. Other than that, Destiny hardly ever left the house. So I can't understand who would want to do this to Destiny, of all people. Destiny, she is the sweetest person, and I just can't understand it," Houston said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Hobart police Corporal Crawford at (219) 942-4774 or e-mail at zcrawford@cityofhobart.org or Corporal Gallagher at (219) 942-4991 or by e-mail at mgallagher@cityofhobart.org.
