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

1. Age: 13
2. Murdered in 1985²
3. Hometown: Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania²
4. Hair color: Brown
5. Eye color: Blue
6. Alleged murderer: Joseph Geiger²
7. Allegedly killed over stolen marijuana plants²
8. Reported missing in August 1985¹
9. Body found in December 1985²
10. Autopsy was inconclusive²
11. His mother died in 2001
12. His father died when he was a toddler
13. Sister: Virginia Meadows died in 2007²
14. 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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