Cold-case reward now $10K as Waterford police chase new leads in 2018 slaying

By Max Reinhart, mreinhart@detroitnews.com

Police say they’ve new leads within the 2018 homicide of a younger girl in Waterford Township and are rising the reward for ideas that deliver her killer to justice.

Samantha Oriana Cosway, 24, died of a gunshot wound on the night of Nov. 11, 2018, within the space of ​​LaSalle Avenue, west of Telegraph Highway, in Waterford Township, close to the Pontiac border.

“Whereas this case has remained unsolved since 2018, chilly case investigators have uncovered new leads and stay optimistic that her killer will be delivered to justice,” police stated in a information launch Tuesday.

Authorities had supplied a $5,000 reward for info resulting in an arrest within the demise. On Tuesday, police stated the reward has been elevated to $10,000.

“Investigators additionally imagine there are witnesses who noticed or heard one thing that night, which may assist,” the press launch stated.

Based mostly on witness statements, surveillance footage and bodily proof, investigators imagine Cosway was killed someday between 8:40 PM and eight:46 PM on November 11, 2018.

Police stated the case has remained open since Cosway’s physique was found.

“Waterford Police Division detectives proceed to work with different legislation enforcement companies to not solely re-investigate the case from the start, but in addition to discover new leads,” the information launch stated.

Police have stated that Cosway, who glided by her center identify, was not a resident of the world the place her physique was discovered and that the killing didn’t look like random, in keeping with a report by WJBK-TV (Fox2).

In response to Cosway’s obituary, she had lived in Harrison, Clare County, and was the mom of two daughters and a son.

At one level, a suspect was arrested in reference to the demise, however no costs have been ever filed, WJBK reported.

Anybody with details about the murder is requested to name Waterford Police Division investigator Jenna Mamola at (248) 618-7425 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.