Richard "Gene" Hammond was found shot and killed on Valentine's Day 2017 in Denver. The grandfather and retired Marine major's case remains unsolved almost two years later. Metro Denver Crime Stoppers announced on Sunday the reward for information in the case has been upped to $12,000.
Hammond left his home on the morning of Feb. 14, 2017, near Bruce Randolph and York Street in Denver around 3:30 or 4 a.m. to get to his job in Fountain, Crime Stoppers says. He was in his 2012 Subaru Impreza.
He never made it to work, according to Crime Stoppers.
Hammond and his car were found about a mile from his house. He'd been shot dead.
If you have any information on the case or remember seeing a similar Subaru on the road in the early hours of Valentine's Day morning in the area of Bruce Randolph and York please call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
To be eligible for the reward and anonymity, tipsters must call the tipline.
