{"id":266231,"date":"2026-05-11T03:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266231\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:59:46","slug":"crimestoppers-to-pay-tipster-1k-award-in-connection-to-jacksonville-muder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266231\/","title":{"rendered":"CrimeStoppers to pay tipster $1K award in connection to Jacksonville muder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) \u2014 CrimeStoppers will pay a $1,000 reward to the tipster whose information helped investigators solve the Patrick Slade Boothe case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jacksonville Police Lt. Matthew Johnston sent a letter to CrimeStoppers stating that the case began on January 28, 2026, when police received a report that Boothe was missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators later developed evidence suggesting foul play and tracked suspicious transactions tied to Boothe\u2019s banking information. After additional surveillance and interviews, the investigation stalled until a tipster provided detailed information about the events surrounding Boothe\u2019s disappearance and homicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials say that the information assisted investigators in questioning suspects during follow-up interviews, leading both suspects to confess and be charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lt. Johnston said the tipster\u2019s information helped bring the case forward and may have led to the discovery of Boothe\u2019s remains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHNT.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHNT.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHNT.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) \u2014 CrimeStoppers will pay a $1,000 reward to the tipster whose information helped investigators solve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114548,116,118,117,113757,113754],"class_list":["post-266231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-crimestoppers","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-matthew-johnston","tag-tipster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}