Family boosts reward in downstate murder

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- The family of a Missouri man found dead in Illinois hopes increasing the reward to $7,000 helps crack the case.

The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has disbanded after spending days investigating the death of 37-year-old Andrew Bethman of St. Charles County, Missouri.

Bethman's body was found more than a week ago near an East St. Louis church. He'd been reported missing late last month.

Investigators still are looking for Bethman's 1999 two-door, brown Chevrolet Blazer and the $2,500 worth of stereo equipment he had installed in it.

Authorities haven't revealed how Bethman died.