Police were hoping a healthy reward would bring in leads and possible suspects to help them solve a physical assault case on campus, but so far they have been disappointed.

The $2,500 reward offered by Judicial Affairs for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any of the six to eight men who beat Bill Feltt, an English professor, on Aug. 27 hospitalizing him for several weeks, has not generated any response.

The investigation is still underway, said Adam Due, chief public safety officer at the University Police Department. However, police only have one lead which is progressing slowly.

“What frustrates me is that there is a reward out there and no one has come forward even for that,” Due said.

“We are following up what we can, but most of it is not panning out,” he said.

Keith Kohanzo, director of judicial affairs, said he was also concerned that the reward was not drawing any response, though he had no intentions of increasing the amount. He also planned to formulize plans for a standing reward system for future crimes.

“I’m equally disappointed that we have been unable to apprehend the persons responsible,” he said.

The sole lead in the case was from an anonymous tip about a group that was on campus the night of the attack. Police have identified the members of the group, but have not made contact with all of them.

Police showed Feltt approximately 20 photographs Monday to see if he could identify any of his attackers among the pictures. Some pictures were of people who police believe are completely unrelated to the case, while others were pictures of some of the possible suspects.

Feltt was not able to identify any of the men as his attackers, but Due said he still has faith that the case will be solved.

“We are still looking at other possibilities,” Due said. “I am always hopeful.”

Due said he believes it is likely that the group of men had a connection to the campus. He believes they were visiting a student or at least one student was among the group.

Not everyone in the group joined in the physical assault, and Due thought that men who were merely witnesses in the group would come forward with information.

However, as the case slows and the teacher returns to work, police hope Feltt will recognize someone on campus, or he will remember more about the assault as time passes.

“We can always hope that he can recall something else,” Due said.

The department will stay in touch with Feltt in case they wanted to approach a new angle on the case or new information evolves, he said.

“We are glad he is doing well, but I don’t think he has anything else to offer us,” Due said.

The six to eight men are wanted for aggravated assault after beating Feltt on the southwest corner of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Feltt was treated for a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage and released from Good Samaritan Hospital on Sept. 12.