MURDERED: Lina Reyes-Geddes
When a woman’s mutilated body is found abandoned in rural Utah and investigators are unable to ID her, her case quickly goes cold. Years later, a theory emerges that she was the victim of a serial killer with alarming ties to the FBI. But when an armchair detective makes a connection that eluded the authorities for decades, investigators must ask if perhaps she’d fallen prey to a monster a little closer to home.
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Inside the suspicious “package” found in Utah on the side of State Road 276 was a woman’s body.
Scott’s victims named clockwise from top left: Terry Kimball, LeAnn Emry, Kaysi McLeod and Jennifer Marcum.
In 2018 Utah investigators released a post-mortem photo of their Jane Doe, hoping to help identify the victim.
With the help of Youngstown Police Department, Utah investigators were able to name their Jane Doe as Lina Reyes-Geddes.
Lina’s sister, Lucero, helped Agent Brian Davis (right) and his team solve Lina’s murder.
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