Reward fund in jogger's murder doubles

RAYTOWN, Mo. - The reward for tips in the case of a murdered Raytown man has doubled.

Harry Stone was jogging near 67th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard about 7 a.m. on Mother’s Day when he was shot to death in an apparently unprovoked and random act of violence.

Since then, the community has rallied around his family's goal to raise money to help in the investigation. This week, police announced the reward for information leading to an arrest in the case has gone from $10,000 to $20,000.

Harry Stone's widow, Bobbie Stone, says she wants her husband's killers caught because the senselessness of the crime makes her grief worse.

“It makes it doubly hard to be able to understand the whys and wherefores,” she said. “The result of that has been kind of a multi-pronged grieving process, rather than just grieving the loss of my husband."

Police say the shooter was in a dark-colored, four-door sedan.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Raytown Police at (816) 737-6029 or the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (8477).