42 Foot Snowman Missing, $1000 Reward Offered

Dec. 4, 2007, 2:28PM
All units be on the lookout for a snowman.
Subject is described as 42 foot tall.
Wears red hat, scarf, smokes pipe.
Subject was last seen at Dixon Farms and
answers to the name of "Frosty."

TYLER — "Frosty" the snowman has been swiped.

The 42-foot-tall inflatable holiday decoration is missing from a tree farm in Tyler.

Officials at Dixon Farms say Frosty, worth about $10,000, was last seen Friday night.

So far no arrests.

Lot owner Royce Wisenbaker believes Frosty was hoisted over a fence.

A $1,000 reward has been posted for the safe return of the towering decoration.

Frosty is described as a white male, sporting a red hat and scarf, with a pipe in his mouth.

Hopefully Frosty hasn't suffered the same fate as other snowmen who mistakenly headed south.




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Baby Grace: FBI Reward Comparison

The FBI and Galveston County Sheriff's Office announced today a $20,000 Reward in the Baby Grace Case.

"We believe this $20,000 will provide additional incentive for someone to come forward, FBI agent John Kinard said at a news conference today at the Galveston Sheriff's Department

Kinard said the offer was unique because most rewards are for information leading to the arrest and conviction of someone who committed a crime.

The unusual reward was being offered because of "the unique nature of the victim," Kinard said.

"We have never had a case where we have had an unidentified body for this period of time," said Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Barry, lead investigator.

Source - FBI offers $20,000 reward in Baby Grace Case

We thought we'd do some digging on other rewards being offered by the FBI.

BALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- The FBI Friday announced a reward of up to $100,000 for information that will help federal agents determine whether the brutal death of federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was a homicide, suicide, or a random act of violence.
Source - CNN - FBI reward in prosecutor's death

SAN FRANCISCO -- An additional $50,000 has been added to the reward for finding the hit-and-run driver responsible for the March 2006 death of 27-year-old Ashlyn Dyer in San Francisco, the FBI announced Wednesday.

According to the FBI, Dyer was struck at around 6:50 a.m. on March 2, 2006 as she jogged on Washington Boulevard near Kobbe Avenue in the San Francisco's Presidio. The force of impact threw Dyer over a fence where she likely hit her head on a concrete culvert, the FBI reported.

Dyer never regained consciousness and died in the hospital as a result of her injuries ten days later, according to the FBI.

The additional reward money added by the FBI brings the total reward to $100,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and prosecution of the driver who struck and killed Dyer. The FBI reward adds to rewards offered last year by the city of San Francisco, the Presidio Trust and the Ashlyn Dyer Foundation.
Source - FBI Adds To Reward For Presidio Hit-And-Run Driver


November 29, 2005 - A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the so-called 'Wheaton Bandit' who has been holding up west suburban banks since January of 2002. The FBI believes he struck again Monday.

Source - ABC7Local - FBI offers reward for capture of 'Wheaton Bandit'

In summary, a $25,000 Reward for information leading to arrest of a bank robber. A $50,000 reward in finding the hit-and-run driver in the death of a 27 yr-old woman. A $100,000 for information in determining if the death of a prosecutor was homicide, suicide, or a random act of violence.

And then there's Baby Grace. A little girl between the ages of 3 and 4. Her dead body found wrapped in plastic, stuffed in a plastic tote, found on a deserted island near Galveston, Texas. To the FBI, Baby Grace is worth $20,000.

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Baby Grace: FBI To Now Announce $20,000 Reward

Someone must listened. The power of the suggestion.

Two days ago, we wrote a piece taking the FBI to task in the "Baby Grace" case for offering a reward that could only be found by digging into their website documents.

The story was tops on Google and apparently somebody listened: 36 hours later, the FBI has scheduled a news conference for later this morning to formally announce the reward.

Perhaps the reward will somehow help identify who this little girl is.

From the Police News:

The Galveston County Sheriff's Office and the FBI will hold a news conference this morning at 10:30 to update the media on the Baby Grace investigation and to formally announce the $20K reward posted by the FBI.

The press conference will be held at the Sheriff's office in the Criminal Justice Center.

Our original story:


FBI Offers $20,000 Reward But Issues No Press Release

The Madeline McCann Connection: What the Definitive Answer?

We’ve been following the story of Baby Grace, the little girl whose body was found on a small inlet on Galveston Bay. A fisherman discovered her October 29th encased in a blue plastic tote that came to rest on a sand bar.

The FBI has a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the identity of Baby Grace. It was tacked onto a poster released by the FBI. It is unknown what date the FBI put out this flier. Although the reward is on the flier, no press release was issued concerning the reward.

The Galveston County Sheriff’s Department has not released any further info on the Baby Grace case. The last known press release was November 12th when CBS News put out its story, “Police Flooded With Baby Grace Tips.”

Why isn't the local press pursuing this? Where's the Houston Chronicle?

The police are sifting through clues and tips; have they ruled any of the little girls they are considering out? There have been no new statements; this does not mean that parents of the missing girls across the country have lost interest in developments in this case.

Read the Rest of the story: "FBI Offers $25,000 Dollar Reward, But Doesn't Announce It".

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