The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is actively seeking information regarding a cold case murder from 1987. The reward for tips leading to the arrest of those responsible has been increased to $6,000. This offer is valid if the tip is received before the next featured Texas Rangers cold case is announced.
On March 26, 1987, the body of a 13-year-old girl was discovered in a snow-covered field near FM 1729 in eastern Lubbock County. The victim, identified as Taylor, was a sixth-grade student at Murfee Elementary School in Lubbock. She had last been seen alive leaving a relative's apartment the previous night.
The reward initiative is funded by the Governor’s Public Safety Office through Texas Crime Stoppers. This program offers cash rewards for information that leads to arrests in any Texas Rangers cold case listed on their website, which features over 140 cases aimed at garnering public interest.
To qualify for these cash rewards, individuals must provide information using one of three specified methods. All tips remain anonymous, and tipsters are assigned a tip number instead of using their names.
As part of DPS's public awareness efforts, one case from the Texas Ranger Unsolved Crimes Investigation (Cold Case) Program will be highlighted every two months to generate new leads and bring attention to these unresolved cases. For featured cases like this one, Texas Crime Stoppers increases rewards up to $6,000 to encourage more tips. However, this higher reward amount applies only if the tip is submitted before another cold case takes its place as featured.
