Two Split Reward in D.C.-Area Sniper Case

$350,000 to one tipster, $150,000 to other

Sunday, March 21, 2004
(7:58 AM ET) (12:58 GMT)
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Saturday night, Donahue, 38, praised Holmes. "If Holmes hadn't done what he did, I couldn't have been at the spot where I could help out," Donahue told CNN. "I feel good about it."

WASHINGTON -- CNN
Two men will share a $500,000 reward for providing information that led to the capture of convicted D.C.-area snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad.

Robert Holmes of Tacoma, Washington, will receive $350,000 for providing information that led to the identification of the snipers.

Whitney Donahue of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, will receive $150,000 for telephoning police after spotting Muhammad's car at a rest stop in Frederick County, Maryland.

As police started a nationwide investigation looking for clues in the sniper case in October 2002, Holmes called police to report that Muhammad and Malvo had been using a tree stump for target practice in the back yard of Muhammad's house in Tacoma.

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Dan