Virtue is its own reward.(The Goodness Of America)(Brief Article)

The actions of a public-spirited citizen in Kansas City spread light among the gloom in the aftermath of a senseless and violent crime. In the summer of 2002, Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old co-ed at Kansas State University, was strangled to death by an attacker while she worked at a neighborhood pool in suburban Leawood. Police were led to a suspect by vital information an anonymous caller phoned in to the TIPS hotline. The suspect, Benjamin Appleby, was arrested last November in Connecticut and charged with attempted rape and capital murder.

The Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission's "Crime Stoppers" program was prepared to offer a $40,000 reward to the tipster, whose anonymity was protected by use of a special code number. That number would have permitted the recipient to claim his reward at a local bank without revealing his identity. This procedure also exempts ...