1999-06-06

The family of Imogene French upped the reward to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of her murderer, hoping to create a break in the year-old case.

French was strangled to death June 6, 1999, at the Oasis Truck Stop where she worked.  Hemphill County Sheriff Dean Butcher said investigators have a suspect they are trying to link with DNA samples from the crime scene, but the man lives out of state and has eluded them.