Nebraska man charged in a 1982 cold case homicide in Utah

Nebraska man charged in a 1982 cold case homicide in Utah

DAKOTA CITY, Neb.-(AP)-A Nebraska man has been formally charged in a Utah cold case homicide from 1982.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office says 55-year-old Bryan Reed of South Sioux City was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with criminal homicide, second-degree murder and aggravated burglary.

Reed is being held on $1 million bond in Nebraska’s Dakota County Jail of Dakota City, Neb., as he awaits extradition to Utah.

The Deseret News reports Reed was 17 years old in August 1982 when he allegedly entered 72-year-old Wilhelmina Reid’s home in Salt Lake City through a bathroom window.

Prosecutors say Reed allegedly struck the woman multiple times with a baseball bat for an unknown reason. Reed lived with his stepmother at the time, across the street from the elderly woman’s house.