Authorities in Los Angeles, California, announced a reward of $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the stabbing murder of the employee of a luxury furniture store.
Brianna Kupfer, aged 24 and a graduate student from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), died last Thursday as a result of the random attack in the afternoon at Croft House.
Kupfer, who worked as a consultant at the site, She would have been murdered by Shawn Laval Smith, aged 31, according to information released by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
The suspect entered the premises on North La Brea Avenue when the young woman was alone.
The suspect attacked Kupfer with a knife in a random attack.
Shortly before she was killed, the consultant reportedly texted a friend to tell her that a person The person who entered the store gave him a bad vibe. A local patron later stumbled upon the victim’s body.
Reward is a combination of funds public and private.
District 5 Councilor Paul Koretz announced this Tuesday the sum of money for clues that help arrest the alleged murderer.
“We We are going to find this ruthless criminal, we are going to arrest him and we are going to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law”, declared the politician when reporting on the reward.
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“Brianna, an educated young woman who was developing her career here in Los Angeles, was a rising star in this community, unnecessarily interrupted by a criminal without a heart”, added Koretz.