{"id":48578,"date":"2021-05-04T16:48:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=48578"},"modified":"2021-05-04T16:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:48:29","slug":"southwest-florida-crime-stoppers-increases-reward-for-information-about-lehigh-acres-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/05\/southwest-florida-crime-stoppers-increases-reward-for-information-about-lehigh-acres-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers increases reward for information about Lehigh Acres murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reward for information about the murder of 25-year-old Kyle Byrtus has been increased to nearly $10,000, said Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/swcs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48579\" width=\"196\" height=\"227\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Byrtus\u2019s body was found in Lehigh Acres in 2013 and investigators said they have still not tracked down his murderer after nearly eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said Byrtus was a high school cross country stand-out who turned to drugs when he went off to college. Investigators believe his lifestyle after he was introduced to narcotics ultimately led to his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SWFL Crime Stoppers have increased the initial reward for information leading to an arrest from $3,000 to $9,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say the reward will be available through June 30, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information on Byrtus\u2019s murder is asked to call SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS. All callers will be anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reward for information about the murder of 25-year-old Kyle Byrtus has been increased to nearly $10,000, said Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Byrtus\u2019s body was found in Lehigh Acres in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[245,246],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}