For nearly five decades, Secret Witness of Northern Nevada has given people a way to share information that has helped investigators solve crimes, and the organization is now remembering the person who created the program.
Don Richter, a Reno businessman and founder of Secret Witness, died of natural causes at the age of 86 on Saturday, July 25.
Richter founded Secret Witness in 1979, creating one of the first Crime Stopper organizations in the country. Since then, tips submitted through the program have helped solve nearly 50 murders and hundreds of other crimes…