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Jessica Haslam Murder: $100k reward for killer of 13-year-old Calif. girl found in baseball dugout

Jessica Funk-Haslam, 13 CBS Sacramento

(CBS) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A bounty hunter is reportedly offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the killer of a 13-year-old California girl.

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla also tipped off police to some information they are now investigating, KTXL reports.

Jessica Funk-Haslam was found dead on March 6, 2012, in a baseball dugout at Rosemont Community Park near the middle school she attended. She had suffered blunt force head trauma, asphyxia and a stab wound to the neck.

According to KCRA, Padilla and the Lorenzo Patino School of Law and Paralegal are offering the $100,000 reward for an arrest and conviction in the case.

Local authorities are also offering a reward of $10,000 for information, CBS Sacramento reports.

Jessica's mother, Tara, says she and her daughter fought the previous night and Jessica left the apartment. The girl wanted to meet someone she would not identify, but the mother did not want her to go out after dark. Her body was discovered the next morning.

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