gunshots, three gunshots, friday evening. somewhere around 9 pm. on the property itself though, detectives found themselves frustratingly short of clues. but they did recover in the grass a soggy piece of paper that looks like a receipt. it would be work for the lab to figure out. and around the garage, investigators took note of something perplexing. three exterior lights, the bulbs were missing. why are the bulbs gone? this is odd. this was really odd. so, somebody had done some planning? rang to the doorbell, can t see who s out there, flips the lights on. nothing happens. opens the door. there is his assailant. so, the shooting of the superintendent for a grievance unknown became one theory to pursue. but detectives were about to hear a story that would make them look at the crime scene in a completely different way. something more traditional. was it possible that keith reed was the victim of a bad romance? as it happened, a candidate for a suspect. someone on again off
working theory. thinking keith was away, she stormed over to his house with a male friend to get her diploma back. only keith was still home, an unhappy surprise. there is an issue here where there s two males going at it. did you see something you didn t want to see? seriously? i wasn t there. not at all? not at all. they were thinking i was guilty of this. and i loved him so much, i could never have even thought of doing anything like that. the nearly three hour long interview was over. kimberly was still in the crosshairs, and the thought was terrifying to her. am i going to go to jail for something i didn t do? but investigator boland had his doubts she had anything to do with keith reed s death. she didn t leave my suspect list, but at the same time, she seemed genuine that she would never do something like this. meanwhile, there had been a very puzzling development in
from kevin and others that the superintendent s relationship with kimberly at at times been rocky. they had been engaged to be married, but keith recently called off the wedding. but the time summer was over, like no, we re not doing this. was this what s the crime scene was all about? a deadly confrontation between a man and his lover, upset over a canceled wedding? kimberly, who lived almost two hours away raced to the house. i said kevin, what happened? i said, did he have a heart attack or something? he said no, somebody shot him. and i just started sobbing, and i started to go down to my knees in the road. investigator randy boland was assigned to talk to her. she is crying. very, very emotional. so, i immediately go and speak to her, but i give her some moments. but in the investigators eyes, kimberly quickly went from grieving girlfriend to potential suspect. he asked for her phone.
keith brother kevin along enforcement veteran had careful in the house monday morning with his eight year old parents expecting to search for missing person the sheriff broke the news. so now i ve got my mother go and cover him up. with a blanket because he s cold. try that sometime it s a crime scene mom you can t go up there it s tough. as the reed family struggled to make sense of the horror, investigators would put the question to keith s daughters. did they know of anyone who had a reason to hurt their dad? we could not think of anyone to tell them. no one. everyone was just. no. but a name had occurred to their uncle kevin. of the leads to sort through, he suggested investigators looked at keith s on again off again girlfriend of many years, kimberly roush. i said, first thing you need to do is talk to kimberley. where did that come from in you? experience, and knowing the relationship. the investigators learned
month later, monday morning, september 24th, keith reed had vanished. the sheriff s people were dispatched again to do a daylight search of the grounds. it wasn t long before a canine handler reported back. keith reed, his body, had been found. immediately the dog found the body in the shrubs. keith s girlfriend kimberly was driving to a new job that morning when she got the news. she couldn t believe what she was hearing. he s dead. they found him. i just started crying and i said, no, that s not possible. but tucked into the hedge row about 50 feet from his driveway lee keith s body. he had been shot three times, twice in the back, once in the chest. all at close range. it was like, wow. how could this happen? who could ve done this? why would they do it? those same questions were soon roaring through the halls at keith school. principal ed bailey had gotten the news from the sheriff s office. i just about dropped the phone. i just couldn t believe it. we re talking a