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Robert Reed Jr.

Case from Knoxville, TN dated Jul 09, 2012

Victim Details

Robert Reed, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

2012-07-09

28

Robert

Reed Jr.

07/19/2026

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In the summer of 2012, the life of 28-year-old Robert Reed Jr., an African-American male from Knoxville, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. On the morning of July 9, a worker performing renovations at the Montgomery Village apartment complex stumbled upon a grim discovery behind one of the vacant buildings. Reed's body was found lying in the grass just a few feet from the open back door of an apartment on Day Lily Drive.

Authorities were immediately called to the scene, and it was soon ...
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