Hero: Trooper Robert S. Betnar

Justice.

Pottsville man arrested in 1985 killing of Schuylkill Haven boy – Reading Eagle Newspaper
State police at Schuylkill Haven have arrested a Pottsville man in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in a thicket months after he left home on a bicycle.

Joseph Geiger, 43, is accused of killing David Reed of Schuylkill Haven.

Geiger was arrested today — the 23rd anniversary of Reed’s disappearance — as he left his home to go to work.

Reed’s brother, Joseph J. Reed, 46, of Fort Myers, Florida … praised Trooper Robert S. Betnar for his determination and skill in helping to solve the case.

“He told me, ‘I will make this arrest,’ and I knew he would,” Reed said. “He should be with the FBI.”

Reed also credited his late sister, Virginia L. Meadow

s of Auburn, Schuylkill County, who pushed to keep the case alive. Meadows died last year.

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