THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON WHO KILLED JASPER THE TASMANIAN DEVIL AT ALBUQUERQUE'S BIOPARK IS NOW UP TO 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS … WITH A THOUSAND COMING FROM APD AND 4 THOUSAND FROM THE NEW MEXICO BIOPARK SOCIETY. NOW THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A CORRALES RESIDENT … LAUREL WESTMAN … HAS ADDED 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE REWARD.
WESTMAN SAYS JASPER'S DEATH WAS UPSETTING. JASPER DIED OCTOBER 15TH. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SOMEONE THREW A CHUNK OF CONCRETE AT HIM, WHICH HIT HIS HEAD. THE TASMANIAN DEVIL LOANED TO THE ZOO FROM AUSTRALIA DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
