VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Sunday marks 27 years since a 15-year-old DeLand student was found murdered, and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is upping the reward for information that could lead to an arrest.
Investigators said 15-year-old Laralee Spear, a DeLand High School student, was sexually assaulted and killed shortly after getting off her school bus on April 25, 1994.
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