David Reed
David Reed, a 13-year-old boy from Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was found dead in December 1985. In August 1985, Reed was reported missing after he left his home on a bicycle. When Reed's decomposed body was found months later, the autopsy report was inconclusive.1
On August 21, 2008, 23 years after Reed's death, Joseph Geiger was arrested and charged for killing Reed.2
Fast Facts
- Age: 13
- Murdered in 19852
- Hometown: Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania2
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Blue
- Alleged murderer: Joseph Geiger2
- Allegedly killed over stolen marijuana plants2
- Reported missing in August 19851
- Body found in December 19852
- Autopsy was inconclusive2
- His mother died in 2001
- His father died when he was a toddler
- Sister: Virginia Meadows died in 20072
- Brother: Joseph Reed2
Road to the Discovery of Reed's Homicide
While Reed's case was previously ruled inconclusive, in July 2008, Joseph Lipsett, a Pennsylvania coroner, revealed that Reed had been murdered. Reed's cause of death has not yet been released by officials.1
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