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NYPD: Queens Jogger Murder Investigation Evolving, Up To 70 Tips Reported

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The New York Police Department said it's getting more tips regarding the murder of a jogger in Howard Beach and that the investigation is evolving.

A GoFundMe page has topped $250,000, partially as an effort to help find the attacker who sexually assaulted and strangled 30-year-old Karina Vetrano, WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported. 

Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce said more information is coming into the Crime Stoppers phone line.

"It has accelerated the process. We're up to about 70 tips right now," he said. "We have a lot of the physical evidence that we're going to get, so we're not going to get too much more. So right now we're trying to figure out where the perpetrator entered and exited the park."

Boyce said there's no video of the perpetrator entering or leaving the Howard Beach side, declaring they've done a pivot to the west.

Vetrano was strangled and sexually assaulted about two weeks ago after she left for a run in the SpringCreek federal park land near the Belt Parkway, police said.

Vetrano's father, Philip, along with authorities, found her body hours later. Police said Vetrano put up a ferocious fight against her attacker.

On Tuesday night, the Howard Beach community came together for a walk in Vetrano's honor and for some neighborhood bonding time. The community has been on edge ever since as no killer has been located or identified.

Holding balloons and bearing heavy hearts, hundreds of people filled the streets of Howard Beach to remember the woman who fought for her life before she was killed on her evening jog.

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