“It’s been hard,” said Jennifer Reed-Helms, one of Reed’s three children. “My mom missed mine and my older sister’s graduation. She missed me getting married. She has missed the birth of her only grandchild, missed the first day of (her son) Dalton starting school. This past July, her oldest daughter, Karena, passed away.”
Reed, 40, and another woman, Gricelda Ramos, 28, were found shot to death at the Dollar General store in the 4100 block of Stan Schlueter Loop on July 4, 2007.
Seven years later, the murders remain unsolved; their family and friends left trying to carry on.