Posted 1:59 pm, January 12, 2015, by George Brown and Caitlin Alexander 
 
 × FBI adds $25,000 to reward for information in Jessica Chambers case 
 
 PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. — A new donation has raised the reward fund for information in the Jessica Chambers case. 
 
 The FBI has just added $25,000, which raises the reward to $43,000. 
 
 Someone fatally lit the 19-year-old on fire December 6th along Herron Road, off Highway 51. 
 
 She died several hours later at a Memphis hospital on December 7th. 
 
 District Attorney John Champion confirmed Monday there are no updates in the case. 
 
 The Chambers family continues to ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-729-2169. 

 The FBI has added $25,000 to the amount in hopes that it may bring people out who know something about Chambers' death. 
 
 Jessica Chambers (Photo: Facebook) 
 
 Officials said the reward amount in the death of Courtland teen Jessica Chambers is now up to $43,000. 
 
 Panola County District Attorney John Champion said the FBI has added $25,000 to the amount in hopes that it may bring people out who know something about Chambers' death. 
 
 "A lot of things in this world are money-driven, and we're hoping that there's someone out there that know something that sees the reward and is willing to come forward," Champion said. 
 
 Chambers was found on Herron Road in Courtland a little after 8 p.m. on Dec. 6, walking away from her burning vehicle with burns over 98 percent of her body. Coroner Gracie Gulledge said the cause of the young woman's death was thermal injury. 
 
 Officials classified Chambers' death as a homicide, but in spite of interviewing what they have said is more than 100 potential witnesses, they say they still have yet to emerge with a prime suspect. 
 
 Chambers' father, Ben Chambers, said her family is in a potential state of anxiety, waiting on some word on the case. He said since he does work for the sheriff's department, they have left him out of the loop on investigation details for his own sake. 
 
 "We're just waitig and hoping that something will hurry up and happen, and praying and getting through it," he said. "If something doesn't happen we might go crazy." 
 
 Chambers made a statement to first responders in which she allegedly gave them the name of her attacker, but even leads connected to that statement have not yet panned out. 
 
 At least publicly, law enforcement hasn't been able to point to a prime suspect. They have also commented that talk on the street has been uncharacteristically silent, which has hindered what could have been a more routine investigation if people were talking quite as much as they normally do. 
 
 Given the national notoriety and heinous nature of the crime, that has proven frustrating for officials and the public alike. 
 
 Much public speculation has linked the crime to alleged gangs in the area, but Ben Chambers said someone claiming to be a high-ranking gang member in the area had contacted him to tell him that the gangs in the area were angry and upset about what happened to Jessica as well. 
 
 "They're very upset about it. They said you wouldn't even do a dog like that," Ben Chambers said. 
 
 So the search for suspects continues. 
 
 "We're still interviewing people. Mostly we're in the process of reinterviewing people and going through everything with a fine-tooth comb," Champion said. 
 
 Authorities at one point had said they were narrowing down their list of suspects, but at this point in the investigation, they are tight-lipped as to what that means. 
 
 The FBI, U.S. Marshals, ATF, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the State Fire Marshal's Office, and the Panola County Sheriff's Department continue to collaborate through many measures from technological research to pounding the streets to try to pin down a viable lead, officials said. 
 
 Chambers' father, Ben Chambers, was not available on Monday for comment, but he said in the past that he feels like someone knows something, and that it's unbelievable to him that nobody has come forward with any usable information. 
 
 Anyone with information about Jessica Chambers' death is asked to call the Panola County Sheriff's Department at (662) 563-6230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-729-2169. 
 
 Contact Therese Apel at tapel@gannett.com or (601) 961-7236. Follow @TRex21 on Twitter. 
 
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– Authorities have interviewed more than 100 potential witnesses in the December burning death of Mississippi teen Jessica Chambers, yet they still don't have a prime suspect. They also say "talk on the street" about the case has been quieter than usual, hampering the investigation. So the FBI has added $25,000 to the reward amount, which now totals $43,000, the Clarion-Ledger reports. "A lot of things in this world are money-driven, and we're hoping that there's someone out there that [knows] something that sees the reward and is willing to come forward," says the Panola County DA. He adds that there are no updates in the 19-year-old's murder, WREG reports. Chambers reportedly told first responders the name of her attacker before she died, but no leads connected to what she said have yielded any information. And, while some speculation has centered around the idea of a gang-related crime, Chambers' father—who works for the sheriff's department but is not part of this investigation—says he was contacted by someone who claimed to be a high-ranking area gang member. That person told him the gangs are "very upset about it," Ben Chambers says. "They said you wouldn't even do a dog like that." Authorities are currently interviewing and re-interviewing people, the DA says; local officials are collaborating with a lengthy list of agencies that includes the FBI, state Bureau of Investigation, US Attorney's Office, ATF, US Marshals, and State Fire Marshal's Office.