Reward increased in unsolved LC triple homicide

From the Las Cruces Sun-News:

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is hoping that an additional $5,000 in reward money will spark new clues in the April 2010 triple homicide that occurred on Mesilla Hills Drive.

On March 1, the estate of Peter Weith gave Las Cruces Crime Stoppers $5,000 as reward money to help solve the crime. In December the Gilles and Helga Delisle estate provided $8,000 in reward money.

The new total reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the murders, including the initial $2,000 provided by Crime Stoppers, now stands at $15,000.

On the morning of Thursday, April 15, 2010, the bodies of Peter J. Weith, and Gilles L. and Helga Harries Delisle, were discovered inside a home at 2617 Mesilla Hills Dr. Investigators learned that the three victims had been shot to death.

The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department continues to seek information on the triple homicide and asks for anyone with information - no matter how relevant or insignificant that information is believed to be - to call Crime Stoppers. The identities of those who provide information can be kept anonymous.

If you have any information on who may have committed this crime you are asked to call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip via text message to LCTIPS (528477). The Crime Stoppers number and text messaging services are operational 24 hours a day and you do not have to give your name to collect a reward.

Comments

[David J Jones]

I don't suppose it's at all relevant, but I've found no mention in reports on the Net of the fact that Gilles had had a heart transplant many years ago, and possibly held some kind of record for the length of time he had survived the operation.

I knew Gilles and Helga in Quebec in the early 1970s, and after they moved to the USA we exchanged Christmas greetings every year, except of course last Christmas (2010). That's how I knew of the transplant, having returned to the UK in 1976 after just 15 years in Canada.

My 2010 Christmas card was returned to me only a couple of weeks ago, in May 2011, as undeliverable, which is what led me last weekend to 'google' them and discover the shocking news of their cold-blooded murder, along with that of their business associate.

My sincere condolences to all the friends and family members concerned. I still can't believe it.