Justice Served: Georgia Man Sentenced to Life for the Murder of Missing Pageland Woman
Pageland, South Carolina — A jury has found 36-year-old Emanuel Bedford guilty of murder in connection with the disappearance of Deidre Reid, a 41-year-old woman reported missing in September 2021. The decision was reached after a four-day trial in Chesterfield County Circuit Court, culminating in a life sentence for Bedford, as announced by 4th Circuit Solicitor Mike Burch. Reid was last seen on September 3, 2021, as she left her home in Pageland to drive Bedford to a bus station in Charlotte, North Carolina. Notably, Bedford never boarded a bus, but surveillance footage showed him … Read more