rang the doorbell, can t see who is out there, flips the light 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 again, was about to pull up into the drive. coming up angry texts put a girlfriend in the hot seat. i just found out he s dead this morning. and now i feel like i m a suspect. when dateline continues.
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 the investigation. the sunday night the superintendent was reported missing, the cops had asked the phone company to ping keith reed s cell phone to ask it the technological question, where are you? the phone answered back electronically, i am in harrisburg, pennsylvania. this man is dead and hedges by his, house and his phone is in harrisburg, pennsylvania? hours away? hours away. a school superintendent dead
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 look 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. and where did that come from in you? experience, and knowing the relationship. the investigators learned from kevin and others that the superintendent s relationship with kimberly had a time spin rocky. they had been engaged to be married, but keith recently called off the wedding. by the time some was over, who was like, no, we are 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.
text messages back. like, i can t believe you are not talking to me. and they are half violent. like, why are you not calling? we really slimming stuff, right? yes. and something else, in keith s bedroom upstairs, crime scene analysts noticed this picture frame. it was toppled over and taken apart on the a bookcase. whatever picture had been and it was gone. you could put a sort together with that pretty easy, right? the pieces of the puzzle were just starting to come together. investigator boland brought kimberly in for a formal taped interview. she was read her rights. i mean, i m still in shock. i barely have my head around that he was killed and now i feel like i m going right from that into, are you the one that killed him? i just found out he was dead this morning, and then i show up and i found out he was shot. and now, i feel like i m a suspect. kimberly told investigator boland she d been three hours away at her parents house at
i m natalie morales. police discovered that kimberly roush and her on again off again boyfriend keith reed were going through a rough patch around the time he was shot dead. detectives had their eye on kimberly, but they were about to hear from another woman in keith s life who would change the course of the investigation. once again, here s dennis murphy with at close range . of the many details concerning the homicide of well liked school superintendent keith reed, perhaps none was more perplexing them be murdered man s cell phone. why was the phone company reporting its location as harrisburg, pennsylvania, four hours south of the crime scene? i thought maybe it was a mistake. you know? no one knew of anyone that he would know in harrisburg. in the hours after keith s, i body was found, relatives frantically called that phone, desperate to get a voice on the other end. the sheriff was shocked on monday when one of them hit pay dirt. he said, i just call keith