A special task force has announced a $5000 reward to anyone providing evidence or tips leading to the arrest of killers of two Indians at Louisiana University Campus while investigators said that they might be running out of time to solve the case.

Taskforce spokesman Don Kelly said that they had received several calls after releasing the sketches of two suspects earlier this week, but they still believed there were people who knew about the Thursday’s killing but were holding information. “We need that information... The farther away you get from an event, the less likely it’s going to be solved, especially in this case,” he said.

No quitting

“It happened around the holidays when people are leaving and a lot of the victims’ family members have returned to India.” Kelly, however, said that it did not mean the task force is going to quit after a few days.

The bodies of the two victims will reach India on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Their family members have already left for India.

The extra $4000, however, will only be paid if the information is received before midnight Christmas Eve. After that time the reward will revert back to the standard $1000 amount. Investigators continue to actively follow leads searching for at least three or possibly four black male suspects.

“We could spend hours trying to follow a tip that could be cleared up in five minutes with a phone call,” Kelly said, again reminding people that their identities would not be revealed, even during a follow-up call.

Since Thursday, the task force  have canvassed Edward Gay Apartments, where the killings took place, and its surrounding area at least once. They have combed Allam’s apartment, which is still marked off with yellow and black tape and being guarded by an LSU police officer.

Residents at Edward Gay Apartments have set a memorial wall at the complex in the memory of the slain Indians.