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Case Description
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Russel Dean Reeves, a 4-year-old White male, died on September 20, 2021, in Rapid City, South Dakota. A relative calling 911 around 5:20 p.m. led police to a mobile home where officers found Russel and his 26-year-old mother, Trisha Paxson-Dennett, both dead of apparent gunshot wounds. Investigators said surveillance video, interviews, and evidence at the scene indicated the case was not a double homicide by a third party but a murder-suicide inside the home the family shared. Early dispatch inf ...Read More
Victim Details

Russel Dean Reeves

Male

White / Caucasian

Rapid City

SD

2021-09-20

4

Russel

Dean Reeves

Primary Suspect Deceased

11/29/2025