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 discove
turns out he wasn t missing, he was dead. so your missing person case has become a homicide. correct. 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 i m 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. her face looked like she had seen a ghost. stay with me. 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 didn t show up at an out of town conference, it set off alarm bells. investigators would take a hard look at keith s love life for clues, and it would be another perso
he says, it s this little school out in chautauqua county called clymer. i don t 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
the next day in keith s house, scouring the property for clues. district attorney david foley knew the clymer, community, on edge about a school related shooting. was anxious for the case were to resolve. but unrest was a long ways off. it would be nice to announcer unrest quickly. but you can t count people yet. no. but late one afternoon, something totally out of the blue happened that turn the investigation upside down. the sheriff was in a closed door meeting when a secretary interrupted. i thought it was a family emergency. her face looked like she d seen a ghost. she said sheriff, you have a phone call. i think you need to take it. a panic stricken woman was on the phone. she needed to talk to the sheriff immediately. the sheriff returned to his office so he could take the phone call. i don t know? her name was mary taglianetti. she was calling from robert virginia. no one in keith s life including his daughter meghan, had never heard of her.
[ claire ] i love st. jude. [ male announcer ] please call or go online right now and become a st. jude partner in hope today. one down, mr. bailey. don t 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 high-profile educator would be reported to the