MISSOURI CITY – After finding the body of Alesha Jane Reade, 45, Independence, Feb. 11, 2021, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek closure for her family. Reade’s family is offering a $5,000 reward in addition to the $2,000 reward from the TIPS Hotline for information leading to an arrest. “This murder has weighed on our investigators and our community for a year,” Clay County Sheriff Will Akin stated. “We have never stopped working this case, and we will continue to do so until justice is served and Alesha’s family has closure.” The Sheriff’s Office stated Reade last appeared at the Fav Trip gas station at 10507 E. 23rd St., Independence, about 8:40 p.m. Feb. 9, 2021. Detectives last week released that she had been a passenger in a dark-colored Volkswagen Passat. The office reported finding Reade’s body near Cameron and Easley roads in southern Clay County. The area is about 8 miles south of Exc...