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Murder, She Told

MISSING: Where is Reeves K. Johnson III?

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

1983 - Kittery, Maine. Reeves Johnson has been missing since February 1983.  In the days following his disappearance, 31-year-old Reeves quit his job, drained his bank account past the last dollar, tried to sell his car, and cleaned out his cabin, leaving behind some curious items. But was it Reeves? His parents thought so… until they showed up at the post office, hoping to catch their son picking up his last paycheck and discovered a man—an unknown man—opening Reeves' mailbox and taking his mail... and his mother captured a mysterious photo that might just be the key to finding out what happened to her son. For this special edition episode, we are bringing you into the fold of an active Maine cold case investigation, and working with the Kittery Police Department and the family to try to find answers to a decades old mystery. This is everything we know about the disappearance of Reeves K. Johnson III. WE NEED YOUR HELP: We’re shaking the dust off this case file and trying to dig up any bit of information that can fill in the puzzle. Share this episode. Share the blog. Get Reeves name circulating. Key info: https://murdershetold.com/reevesjohnson For more, visit murdershetold.com Like the Reeves Johnson Facebook page Connect with Murder, She Told on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast and on Facebook. Support Murder, She Told here If you have any information to share, please contact Det. Brian Cummer at the Kittery Police Dept. at (207) 439-1638. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.

0:19.1

I'm your host, Kristen Ceevy.

0:21.7

You can connect with me at MurderSheTold.com or follow on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.

0:30.8

Do you know this man? Do you recognize his hat? It's a cherry-red trucker cap with a white logo on its face.

0:40.5

It's brim, by today's standards, is oddly short, but its length wasn't unusual in the early 80s.

0:47.6

Do you recognize his outfit? Dark green coveralls that zip up the front over an orange t-shirt,

0:55.0

where they part of a work uniform? Do you know his town? He likely lived near Port Smith, New Hampshire,

1:01.7

in Exeter or Stratham. He was white, about six feet tall and lean. He had chestnut brown hair

1:09.2

about shoulder length and a full beard. If we find him, we may find the answer to this question.

1:17.2

Where is Reeves Johnson? This case is special. We've never before had complete

1:24.7

access to any case like we do this one. Thanks to the transparency and support of the local

1:30.5

detective working on the case, we have been brought into the fold of the investigating team that

1:35.6

is searching for answers to a decade's old mystery. Listen closely to this episode. You could

1:42.0

be the one to break this case wide open. Sally was the oldest. She arrived in the world in the fall

1:51.5

of 1949 and her mother, Barbara, gave birth to a son, Sally's younger brother Reeves,

1:58.0

just one year and ten months later on the final day of September of 1951.

2:04.1

One year later, in 1952, the family unit would be complete with the arrival of Hugh Johnson,

2:10.6

the youngest of the trio of siblings. Their parents, Camp and Barbara lived in a sparsely

2:16.8

populated excerb of Philadelphia called Broadax, constituted chiefly of large farms,

2:23.2

unique single-family homes, and some well-to-do neighborhoods. They were boxed in by agriculture,

2:29.7

cornfields behind them, and dairy cows next door, an idyllic countryside backdrop to their historic

2:36.4

Pennsylvania fieldstone farmhouse built 200 years prior to the Johnson's taking up residence.

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