11-03-2011, 02:40 PM
then they have nothing. or they are waiting for birth of twins.
WESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ & AP) -- The FBI is now offering a $20,000 reward in the case of a missing three-year-old girl from Lewis County.
The FBI made the announcement during a news conference Thursday in Weston.
Aliayah Lunsford was last seen at her home in Lewis County on Sept. 24.
Investigators are hoping the reward will help develop a break in the case.
The reward is being offered for information that leads investigators to Aliayah's whereabouts or an arrest in the case.
Last week investigators moved their search to the Vadis area of Lewis County . The command was moved there after investigators say they received "valuable information." No other details about why investigators are looking in the new location have been released.
Meanwhile, Vickie Bowen, Aliayah's great aunt released a statement asking anyone with information about Aliayah to call her. She offers to arrange for a pickup, no questions asked.
Bowen says she won't give up hope that Aliayah's alive.
Authorities are treating the disappearance as a crime but have named no suspects.
Bowen says investigators have told the family very little.
She says the girl's mother, Lena Lunsford, has yet to deliver twins.
Lena Lunsford was eight months pregnant when Aliayah disappeared. Four other children have been removed by child-welfare officials.
Aliayah's mother was just indicted Wednesday on multiple welfare fraud counts.
WESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ & AP) -- The FBI is now offering a $20,000 reward in the case of a missing three-year-old girl from Lewis County.
The FBI made the announcement during a news conference Thursday in Weston.
Aliayah Lunsford was last seen at her home in Lewis County on Sept. 24.
Investigators are hoping the reward will help develop a break in the case.
The reward is being offered for information that leads investigators to Aliayah's whereabouts or an arrest in the case.
Last week investigators moved their search to the Vadis area of Lewis County . The command was moved there after investigators say they received "valuable information." No other details about why investigators are looking in the new location have been released.
Meanwhile, Vickie Bowen, Aliayah's great aunt released a statement asking anyone with information about Aliayah to call her. She offers to arrange for a pickup, no questions asked.
Bowen says she won't give up hope that Aliayah's alive.
Authorities are treating the disappearance as a crime but have named no suspects.
Bowen says investigators have told the family very little.
She says the girl's mother, Lena Lunsford, has yet to deliver twins.
Lena Lunsford was eight months pregnant when Aliayah disappeared. Four other children have been removed by child-welfare officials.
Aliayah's mother was just indicted Wednesday on multiple welfare fraud counts.