Sunday, October 20, 2019

Saturday marked three months since Neighbors Bar & Grill owner Chuck Giles was robbed and murdered in his driveway.

With no arrests made yet, his loved ones are still searching for closure.

"I pray everyday they can make an arrest and a conviction," said Giles girlfriend Connie Schrader. "If this was your family, you'd want somebody to come forward if they knew something. I don't want anybody else to have to go through this."

Police are also asking for anyone who knows anything to speak up. The Crime Stoppers reward is now up to $9,000.

Meanwhile, the family is still trying to make sense of how someone could commit such a crime.

"If they would've just asked, he would've gave them the money, it just makes no sense to us why anybody would want to do this to him," Schrader said. "He gave people second chances, sometimes third and fourth chances and I just don't understand why."

The restaurant has been closed ever since Giles' death, but will reopen under new ownership by the end of October. The restaurant will be called 'The New Neighbors Restaurant.'

Schrader said while the reopening will be bittersweet, she knows it's best for the community and how Giles would've wanted it.

"I know people are going to miss seeing him in there when they get opened up again, but everything is going to be OK," Shrader said. "I think he's going to look down and smile that somebody is going to open it up for the people that have been displaced from an eating place."

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Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County says a cash reward for information leading to an arrest in the

Giles owned Neighbors Bar and Grill near 21st and Amidon.

Police say Giles, 55, died after a suspect or suspects approached him outside his home, fired several shots and stole money. Police found Giles in his home's driveway, dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

Anyone with information that could help police in this case can submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers by calling 316-267-2111 or on the agency's