When Selonia Reed Never Came Home
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4.1 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Did a father use his six-year-old son as an alibi for murder? A son grapples with his parents’ troubled past. This episode last aired on 4/14/2025.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Reggie Reed. |
| 0:11.0 | Salonia Reed is my mother, and Reginal Reed Sr. is my father. |
| 0:18.0 | My mother, she was the love of my life, my first love. |
| 0:22.3 | And I was her everything. |
| 0:26.0 | It was very rare. |
| 0:27.8 | I wasn't by her side. |
| 0:31.9 | Take me back and tell me what you remember about that day. |
| 0:35.4 | That day, we went to the mall. That's one of the things to do in Hamm day, we went to the mall. |
| 0:38.9 | That's one of the things to do in Hammond, just go to the mall, |
| 0:41.6 | even though if you're not buying anything, window shop, if you will. |
| 0:45.4 | Went to the mall, came home, and my mom went out, and she never came home. |
| 0:55.0 | My beeper went off, and it was Reginal. |
| 0:59.0 | And he asked me, had I seen Salonia? |
| 1:02.0 | And I said, no, not since yesterday. |
| 1:06.0 | I was a patrol officer for the Hemphol Police Department. |
| 1:10.0 | I was dispatched to a missing person call on Apple Street in Hammond, Louisiana. |
| 1:16.7 | The complainant, Reg. |
| 1:18.3 | Explained to me that his wife had left home the night before and had not returned, and |
| 1:25.2 | he was concerned and wanted to file a missing person's report. |
| 1:29.3 | I had received a description of the car from Reginald. |
| 1:33.3 | I started to drive a range road and I noticed the car. |
| 1:41.3 | Walk up to the car and noticed Salonia's body inside the car. |
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