Captain Brenda Burnette of the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office said she just recently received notice the governor’s office was posting the reward.

Bell was found shot to death on June 24 of last year.

Burnette declined comment on where the case stands but said it is still under investigation and all agencies are working together on the matter.

The governor’s office typically posts rewards in cases that have been difficult to solve.

Burnette has said the sheriff’s office will explore information released in a report broadcast on WRAL that allegedly ties the murder of Bell to a Halifax County man.

That report, through inspection of public records, allegedly ties Dennis Carter of Enfield to not only Bell’s murder but also that of a Warren County woman and her son.

The report alleges Carter profited from multiple deaths and suspicious fires across the state in past eight years.

That includes a fire that occurred almost two years ago in Halifax County.

Efforts to reach Carter have been unsuccessful.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office at 252-534-2611, Northampton County Crimestoppers at 252-534-1110 or the State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-334-3000.