UPDATE: Pizza Plus, Community, Rally Together
Police are still looking for help in solving the murders of two workers at a local Pizza Plus. Meanwhile, the community is reaching out.
Today, Kimberlee Matney, a spokeswoman for Pizza Plus, Inc. issued the following statement:
“The entire Pizza Plus family, and especially the families of Harvey and Valerie Looney sincerely appreciate the tremendous outpouring of sympathy, kind thoughts and prayers from the people of this community.
“We have complete confidence in our law enforcement officials and place our faith in God that justice will be served.
“Pizza Plus is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible. If you have any information please contact the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department at: 276-988-5966 or 1-877-482-8477.
“A memorial fund has been established at BB&T Bank. People can make donations either in person at the Cedar Bluff, VA branch or they may be mailed to:
BB&T
3102 Cedar Valley Drive
Richlands, VA 24641
There will be a non denominational memorial service held at Pizza Plus of Claypool Hill on Sunday, April 5, at 1 p.m., prior to the re-opening of the restaurant.
According to Tazewell County Sheriff H.S. Caudill, the police are still looking for the murder. Investigators say the bodies of Harvey Looney and his wife, Valerie Looney, were found Monday morning at the Pizza Plus in Claypool Hill. According to Caudill, Harvey Looney’s body was found outside near the
restaurant’s back door. Valerie Looney’s body was found in the restaurant at her desk.
Investigators believe the motive was robbery.
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Reader Reactions
Sure hope someone makes good on the reward.
This is just sad. I hope that the person or the people responsible for this horrible crime are caught soon and punished. We have good, honest people trying to make a living the right way~ by working and earning their living and then we have others that don’t care and do horrible things like this to make their way through life and get money by taking anothers life! This sickens me to hear of things like this. May God lead the officers to the people responsible for this horrible thing and may these 2 innocent people rest in peace.
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