Jalal Ansari is wanted in connection with a 2023 murder in Reading. (Crime Alert Berks County)Jalal Ansari is wanted in connection with a 2023 murder in Reading. (Crime Alert Berks County)

Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime.

Tipsters with crime information can call 877-373-9913 anytime or contact Crime Alert at its website at alertberks.org,  by downloading the ALERTBERKS app on your mobile device, or by using your mobile phone to text tips to 847411 and typing ALERTBERKS + your tip.

Crime: First-degree murder

Date: March 28-April 5, 2023

Location: Wooded area off Oak Lane in Reading

Police account: Investigators are searching for Jalal Ansari in connection with the death of Javien Perch, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances March 28, 2023, and whose body was found in a wooded area in the city about a week later. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Alert.