And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. I got a call from allison she told me that he was missing i asked would anyone want to hurt him i knew that my dad had been on match. Com. This is not going to end well. This is a crime scene. Miles of nothing up here, its an easy place for a man to go missing. I said, what do you mean they cant find my brother . He was the School Superintendent, not the type to play hooky. He really loved teaching and working with kids. Turns out he wasnt missing, he was dead. So your missing person case has become a homicide. That solved one mystery, but left another. Why would anyone want to kill him . Maybe it had something to do with a woman in his life. He had broken off his engagement with one. I just found out he was dead this morning, and now i feel like im a suspect. And there was somebody else nobody knew about. I was lonely, just needed someone to talk to. Did it also get a little steamy, mary . Yes. Passion and a secret the wrong person discovered. Face looked like shed seen a ghost. Stay with me. Sheriff, you have a phone call i think you need to take. Hello and welcome to dateline. Keith reed was a School Superintendent who was respected by his students and adored by friends and family. When he didnt show up at an out of town conference, it set off alarm bells. Investigators would take a hard look at keiths love life for clues, and it would be another person off everyones radar who would help detectives piece together this puzzle. Here is Dennis Murphy with at close range. Winter comes early and stays late in North Western new york. The farmlands told by amish and that families are encased in snow and ice for months at a time. But in those plays of frozen stillness. The hottest of passions, Boiling Jealousy came to call one day. And tiny clymer, southwest of the county, still shaking off the shock of it all. Joe gerace was the sheriff of Chautauqua County. In my 35 years in clymer, can i remember a murder in this county . Never. It began quite simply. The new School Superintendent in town went missing one weekend just a few weeks into the school year. September 2012. Keith reed, 51 years old, was a longtime educator who had landed in the sweet spot of his professional career. The up until then School Principal had applied for the top administrative job in the clymer district with his Brother Kevin urging him on. He says, its this Little School out in Chautauqua County called clymer. I dont know whether i should apply there. I said, you know, apply. You might think a Close Knit Community like clymer would be standoffish to newcomers. But parents and students quickly embraced a hands on mr. Reed. His eldest daughter katelynn. He greeted the kids in the morning, coming off the bus. He talked to them during the day. He was in the hallways. He really loved teaching and working with kids and he was wonderful at it. The new superintendent had three grown daughters and a painful divorce behind it. But he never let lives difficulties distract from his primary role, dad. Megan is the middle child. He loved to have fun. He would always dance crazy with us like pick us Up In The Air and slide as between his legs and throw us up. And the old family snapshots, hiking in hawaii, disney world, all the christmases, seemed to show a dad over the moon with his three girls. Katelynn was a Star Volleyball Player and all american. And new without a doubt when her father is in the stands on game days. You could hear him . I could. Everyone could. Her dad was in a long term relationship with a single mom named Kimberly Roush. He had three daughters and i had two boys. A lot of our time was spent being involved in their sporting events. Theyd been on again off again for years, but no sooner had they decided to take one of their periodic romantic timeouts from one another, then theyd rubber band but back together. A song would come on, he pulled the car over, take me out of the car, and dance along the side of the road. [laughs] being with him was amazing. And now that his girls were grown, keith reed was at long last finding his special place, getting comfortable. He bought a big house in town. A sign the superintendent wasnt just using clymer as a career steppingstone. He found where he wanted to be, finally after years and years of looking. Theyd have to pry him out with a bar. But on saturday morning, september 22nd, 2012, one clymers School Principal and bailey drove by his friend and colleagues house, he was surprised to see both of keiths vehicles still in the driveway. The superintendent was meant to be across the state at an educators conference. I made a mental note i was going to be coming back by there, both vehicles there all stop and see whats going on. When all looked the same on his return trip, the principal pulled into the drive. I actually went into the door of the house and yelled his name, and of course there is no answer. Someone else who started to wonder what was up that saturday was katelynn. The two spoke by phone every day. He didnt answer my phone call, and that saturday. I thought that was a little strange, but i was busy, so i kind of forgot. By sunday, his little daughter meghan had become very concerned. She hadnt heard from him either. Worrying. I was, like ok, answer your phone, its time to answer your phone now. You know, i was confused because he always just answers the first time we call. That sunday night, her uncle kevin, a former fbi agent of 20 years, was being called to the house in clymer via school official. They said, we cant find your brother. I said what do you mean, you cant find my brother . He was supposed to be at a conference in albany, didnt check in at the hotel. Both cars still at the house. I said, okay, we are coming. Kevin is hoping for a simple explanation that theyd come upon his brother on the property hurt and unable to get up. My hope was he had gone out back, theres a huge tract of land behind his house. He was laying out there, and couldnt get up. When he walked into the house, the former fbi man didnt like what he saw. I started looking around, and here is 600 in his wallet, his suitcase is partially packed. I came back downstairs, said everybody out. Everybody out. When he talked about . I said go in the garage. This is not going to end well. This is a crime scene. Principal ed bailey was taken back by kevins comment. I understand we have an issue here that keith is not where we thought he should be. But what do you mean its not going to end well . The principal had called the Sheriffs Office to report keith missing. Deputies had responded to the scene. Nothing added up. He had a bag packed, it looked like he was preparing for his trip. But nothing else that was out of place. Deputies broke out flashlights and searched the house, the grounds, but no luck. Keith reed was flat out gone. And its really a mystery to them, when they leave the house. Correct. Sunday night ended in drenching rain. Darker than usual around the house. They hadt yet figured out why the Exterior Lights by the garage werent working. They hadnt talked to the neighbors about some loud voices they heard. Where was the School Superintendent, mr. Reed . Coming up as the search continues, police make a startling discovery. So your missing person case has suddenly become a homicide. Correct. And it was like, wow. When dateline continues. Breeze driftin on by. You know how i feel. You dont have to take. [coughing]. Copd sitting down. Its a new dawn,. Its a new day, its time to make a stand. And im feelin good. Start a new day with trelegy. No oncedaily copd. Medicine has the power to treat copd. In as many ways as trelegy. With three medicines in one inhaler,. 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[ male announcer ] please call or go online right now and become a st. Jude partner in hope today. One down, mr. Bailey. Dont forget this this new bit of Cell Phone Video shows superintendent keith reed at the end of the first day of school in september, 2012. In three weeks time, the highprofile educator would be reported to the Sheriffs Office as a missing person. The School Superintendent that everybody loved. The kids loved him. He was there every morning greeting them as they get off the bus. Keiths last known whereabouts was dinner with a friend on friday night. A Security Camera caught him leaving the restaurant around 8 30 pm. The next day, he was a noshow at a big State Educators Conference across the state. His Brother Kevin reed, a former fbi agent, had a bad feeling about things when he arrived at his brothers house sunday night. I went right into fbi mode. I didnt have time to get emotional. His brother, grounded, stable, reliable, was no ones candidate to just one day go missing. Especially not then. Just a few weeks before, he had had the moment every dad lives for. Walking his eldest daughter, katelynn, down the aisle. It was one of the most momentous days of his life. Ive never seen him that happy. At the reception, he even busted out his Signature Dance moves. He lived it up on the dance floor. He was a very happy guy . Yeah, he was. But now, as dawn broke a month later, Monday Morning, september 24th, keith reed had vanished. The sheriffs people were dispatched again to do a daylight search of the grounds. It wasnt long before a Canine Handler reported back. Keith reed, his body, had been found. Immediately the dog found the body in the shrubs. Keiths girlfriend kimberly was driving to a new job that morning when she got the news. She couldnt believe what she was hearing. Hes dead. They found him. I just started crying and i said, no, thats not possible. But tucked into the hedge row about 50 feet from his driveway lee keiths 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 couldve 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 Sheriffs Office. I just about dropped the phone. I just couldnt believe it. Were talking about keith reed . Yeah, my friend. Along with a shock in the community, came an unnerving question. Given the National Climate of School Related shootings, could keith reed have been targeted because of his work leading the district . An angry student, a disgruntled parent. Was any of that even remotely possible . Im thinking and going back through. Did he have any enemies. Who possibly could have been upset enough crazy enough to do Something Like this . You know . Did you come out with any possibilities . There was one incident that i know of that the family was very upset with him. School related beef of some kind . School related. But, you know, nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing that should have ever rose to this level. Neighboring districts were understandably on edge, too. Were they next . My phone blew up from other schools. Are we in danger . Is this beginning of something bigger . There was a lot of people worried. And concern only heightened, the sheriff said, when word spread that an unknown man had stopped by keiths school around noon that friday, asking to see mr. Reed. He had told him that he was applying for a job as a substitute teacher. That he came in from connecticut looking from work. The man, seen here, was captured on School Surveillance cameras. Was this Visitor A Piece of the puzzle . Detectives didnt know. But given the potential nightmare of schools and children in jeopardy, it was more important than ever for the sheriff to have all Hands On Deck at the crime scene. David foley was County District attorney at the time. And he was there when a door to door canvas turned up a critical clue for the timeline. A neighbor couple had heard 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, cant see whos 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 again was about to pull into the drive. Coming up angry texts put a girlfriend in the hot seat. I just found out this morning. And now i feel like im a suspect. When dateline continues. Not having the energy to do the things that i wanted to do. Before dexcom g6, i was frustrated. All of that fingerpricking and all of that pain, my a1c was still stuck. There is a better way to manage diabetes. The dexcom g6 continuous Glucose Monitoring system eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and its covered by medicare. Before dexcom g6, i couldnt enjoy a single meal. 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