dorr was found yards from his house under two feet of snow. his wife claimed he disappeared while heading to the firehouse during the blizzard of 1986 but dorr's wife and son have been labeled the prime suspects. >> everybody knows who did it, but they can't prove it. it is a long time for nothing to happen. >> reporter: indeed it is a murder but not exactly a mystery. police believe the killing was dorr and his drug-addicted stepson. >> we believe he was going to new york city to buy heroin and he denied the request to use the car. >> reporter: today dorr's friends and crime stoppers announced an increase of a reward in the case to a total of $6,000. police say they hope it will jump start the investigation which stalled when family members lawyered up after they allegedly tampered with the crime scene and destroyed evidence. >> it is sad that somebody that was loved by so many people, it is sad that the family won't come forth and share some light into what actually happened to tom. >> reporter: friends hoping the package of time leads to so

dorr denied that. >> the reward now $6,000. police say they could have charged sawyer and her son with evidence tampering, but they decided to build a better case for the homicide. >>> on long island, parents and students are trying to keep a high school for the arts open. the school superintendent says it should close because of a lack of student enrollment and budget problems. cbs 2's tracee carrasco with the story in nassau county. [ music ] >> reporter: drama students rehearsed on stage for an upcoming performance despite hearing news of a possible program closure. the long island school for the arts and sciences opened just two years ago. the programs there face either being shut down or transferred by the end of this school year. >> we failed to meet budget for the last few years and we have to by law. >> reporter: the school has run up a $2 million deficit because classes there are only half filled. he says the financial bleeding is in great part because tax squeezed school districts are reluctant to pay the $7,500 it co

though claim dorr was the victim of a random attack. police have another theory. >> the stepson was addicted do asked for the car to go to buy drugs and mr. dorr denies that. >> reporter: the random crime scenario didn't make sense to police. the family said tom had left to walk to the firehouse a half mile in the blizzard. but his body was discovered in the opposite direction up that hill. mother and son immediately lawyered up and stopped cooperating and police say they found evidence the crime scene had been tampered with. police say they could charge the mother and son with evidence tampering but that's not what they want. >> with the misdemeanor, we have decided to build a better case for the homicide. >> reporter: you believe eventually you will have these two people in custody? >> i do. >> reporter: thomas worked side by side with robert aloe for the city of white plains as well as at the fire department in pleasantville. aloe says he considered the older man a father figure noting with irony that his actual family has shown litt

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. >> reporter: investigators say there was trouble in the dorr the stepson was a heroin addict and often fought with his parents. they even tampered with the crime scene across from their >> unfortunately cold cases sometimes just get put to -- you know, on the back burner. we really would love for somebody to come forward. >> reporter: soon after, mom and stepson moved to connecticut. today the westchester county crime stoppers and a private foundation are adding to the reward money for a total of $6,000. >> we believe somebody out there knows something. >> reporter: investigators are convinced jeffrey sawyer's former friends have information. >> he was viciously murdered, his throat was slit and all the evidence is covered up. people know who did it. and not saying anything. >> reporter: in pleasantville ida siegal, news4 new york. >> hopefully that new reward can help bring some closure for the family. >> yes. >>> still ahead here, which airline is actually dropping one of the fees? >>> plus, big money to fight the city's homelessless crisis. the plan to get those in need off the stre

state police have additionally seized several items at owens' home in dorr chester that link him to the -- dorchester that link him to the murder. >> two others were also charged >>> eyewitnesses hold the key to cracking the burglaries in their neighborhood. each time the thieves were after small items, electronics, jewelry, cash, and one case a gun. >> these were actually forced entries. windows or doors with are pried or kicked. that's how entry was made. >> reporter: police say the robberies happened during the daylight hours which means there are witnesses. they are looking for at least three men. two white, one black in a dark colored suv. >>> two fantasy sports sites will be in court today. new york's attorney general is trying to stop fan duel and draftkings from doing business in new york arguing the sites are illegal. the "new york times" says both sites started blocking users from states where fantasy sports betting is already illegal. >>> two cars used in ben affleck's new film reported being illegally parked in south posten. the 1920s era vehicles are part of the filming for

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the deer turned out to be amazing prop. 3:00 the dorr's name is maggie. the deer is friend whether ip humans and used to tem f. the family was hoping to she would show up. >> wow. >> and app you know, she was hand fed when she was a do doe she said i think should be a part of the shoot. >> cute. >> i wish i could see the final. >> it is frightening. that us be the mom there. reaching. a yeah. >> yeah f. 3:00 3:00. >> get close. >> right. >> right. >> hake sure the deer doesn't have ticks. >> natural. >> good pictures. >> all right. you think we can go here because everyone is tired. you was late night last night. the whole thing. i hate to need to tell you. we will get off at 1:10 second a psyched about it. enjoy. veep it. beautiful tomorrow. >> yeah. it is. whole week for that matter. >> see you. woman: my mom and i have the same hands. same eyes. same laugh. and since she's had moderate alzheimer's disease, i've discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too. that's why i asked her doctor about new once-a-day namzaric . vo: new namzaric is approved fo