DEALS WILL FIND THIS LABOR DAY
WEEKEND AS THE PANDEMIC
CONTINUES TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON
THE ECONOMY.
THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US.
MORE THAN TWO DECADES HAVE
PASSED BUT IN ANDERSON COUNTY
MOTHER STILL PLEADING FOR
ANSWERS AFTER HER SON'S MURDER
REMAINS UNSOLVED.
7 NEWS REPORTER H WILSON
SHARON IS NOW THE NEW PUSH TO
GET ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO
COME FORWARD.
TODAY MARKS 25 YEARS SINCE
RICHARD MARTIN DIED AFTER HE
WAS FOUND LYING ON A ROAD
FOLLOWING AN ATTACK.
NOW HIS FAMILY HOPES $10,000
REWARD WILL FINALLY LEAD TO
SOME ANSWERS.
WE HAVE BEEN A TEAM WORKING
TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO WHO
MURDERED RICHARD.
FOR 25 YEARS 80 MARTIN HAS
SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW OPEN NEW
ANSWERS WITH SERVICE IN THE
DEATH OF HER SON RICHARD
MRTIN.
BORN AT 5 AM ON SEPTEMBER 2
1995, MY 24-YEAR-OLD SON, MY
ONLY CHILD WAS FOUND LYING IN
THE MIDDLE OF A RURAL ROAD NOT
TOO FAR FROM OUR HOMES.
TOUSON MARTIN WAS FROM A
SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND DIED
LATER THAT AFTERNOON.
HE WAS LAST SEEN AT A PLACE
CALLED NANCY'S NOW KNOWN AS
SUE'S WINGS AND THEMES OF
HIGHWAY 81.
I CANNOT IMAGINE AS A PARENT
MYSELF I CANNOT IMAGINE GOING
THROUGH THIS FOR 25 YEARS AND
NOT HAVING ALL THE ANSWERS AND
NOT KNOWING.
PREVIOUSLY A $7000 REWARD
WAS OFFERED BUT STILL NO
ANSWERS.
THE FAMILY HOPES AN INCREASE IN
THE REWARD AMOUNT WILL END
THERE REQUEST FOR CLOSURE.
WITH A COMBINED TOTAL FROM
THE ANDERSON AREA CRIME STOPPER
AND BENEFITS OVER THE YEARS WE
HAD $10,000 THAT WE ARE
OFFERING.
ANDERSON'S COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE A NUMBER OF LEADS
SURFACED OVER THE YEARS BUT
DENNIS WILL IS RICHARD'S FAMILY
ARE STILL HOPING THAT THE FINAL
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WILL END
THE CASE SOON.
MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF
JUSTICE.
ANYTHING ANYBODY HAS GOT
PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
THAT ONE LITTLE THING MIGHT BE
WHAT WE NEED.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ANY LEADS IN
THIS CASE BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD TO
ANY ARRESTS OR CONVICTIONS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEM OR
THE ANDERSON AREA CRIME
STOPPERS.
IN ANDERSON COUNTY, ASIA
WILSON, 7 NEWS.
