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My name is Reggie Reid. Salonia Reed is my mother and Reginal Reed Senior is my father. My mother, she was the love of
my life, my first love. And I was her everything. It was very rare I wasn't by her side.
Take me back and tell me what you remember about that day. That day we went to the mall. That's one of the
things to do in Hammond. Just go to the mall. Even though if you're not buying anything, window shop, if you will. Went
to the mall, came home, and my mom went out and she never came home. My beeper went off and it was Reginal.
And he asked me, "Had I seen Salonia?" And I said, "No, not since yesterday." I was a patrol officer for the Ham
Police Department. I was dispatched to a missing person's call on Apple Street in
Hammond, Louisiana. The complainant, Regin, explained to me that his wife had left home the night before and had not
returned and he was concerned and wanted to file a missing person's report. I had
received a description of the car from Reginald that I started to drive up Range Road and I noticed the
car, walked up to the car and noticed Salonia's body inside the car. It was very, very, very obvious that she was
deceased. Salonia was 26 years old at the time. When I watched the crime scene video and
saw Salon's body in that car, immediately I was sad. I was mad. It was pretty apparent to me right away that
whoever did this homicide hated this woman. So I called Regina back. I says, "Regina, have you heard anything?" He
told me, he said, "Yes." He said they found her in her car. And he said that she was dead. And
that was I was interviewed after she was murdered as a six-year-old. Okay. Can you tell me
your name? What's your name? [Music] When I watch that video over and over again. Okay. The day before Sunday, what
did you do? What I see is a a six-year-old boy that that life has been ch changed. He doesn't understand the
magnitude of it yet. [Music] You trying to find out who killed my mother? Do you remember seeing her
leave? You did? Was she? Anytime a young woman Salon's age is killed the way she's
killed, I think most people right away would assume the husband did it, right? And that's the easy way. That's the
stereotypical way. But it's also not out of the realm of possibility that this was some
killing for another reason. From that day on, my life changed forever. It just begs a question

ALL NEW: Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder? A son grapples with his parents' troubled past. "48 Hours" contributor Vladimir Duthiers reports Saturday, April 12 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Reggie Reid recounts the tragic murder of his mother, Salonia Reed, and its impact on his life.

Key points

The Day My Mother Disappeared. Reggie recalls the day his mother went missing, a day that changed his life forever.
The Grim Discovery. A patrol officer finds Salonia's body in her car, confirming the worst fears.
The Impact of Loss. Reggie reflects on how his mother's murder altered his life forever.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

My mother, she was the love of my life.

Reggie's emotional reflection on his mother.

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