"Catch the Cowards" Update

From today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News:

Reward grows to more than $1,000 in Pullman assault that left woman beaten

Pullman police want to find two men who allegedly beat a woman on Northeast Colorado Street in Pullman on Feb. 25.

No one has come forward with information about the crime, despite a reward of more than $1,000 offered by residents outraged by the assault.

“Absolutely no information has come in,” said Police Operations Commander Chris Tennant.

The case has moved into inactive status until investigators have a lead.

The woman, a 28-year-old graduate student at Washington State University, allegedly was hit from behind by two men while walking outside about 9 p.m.

The Pullman police believe the assault was a planned attack by someone connected to a fraternity at WSU because of comments allegedly made by the men during the assault.

The alleged assailants are described as being white college-age men who were wearing white sweatshirts with white WSU lettering on the front.

Anyone with information stands to garner a reward of about $1,400, raised through private donations to the Catch The Cowards Fund.

The fund was started about a week after the crime by two friends of the victim. Residents can make donations to the fund at any branch of the Washington State Employees Credit Union.

Anyone with information about the assault can contact Officer Carl Bell at (509) 432-6835 or the Pullman Police Department at (509) 334-0802.