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The Day My Mother Never Came Home | Full Episode + Post Mortem

2025-08-08 News & Politics
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Three Decades Later: Solving the 1987 Murder of Salonia Reed

Discover how modern DNA technology unlocked the 30-year-old murder of Salonia Reed, revealing startling details about her husband’s actions and the agonizing toll the decades-long cold case took on her son.

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  • Reveal the critical, overlooked evidence (a cigarette butt) that modern forensics finally tested.
  • Detail the emotional trauma experienced by Reggie Jr., who discovered his father was the prime suspect decades later.
  • Explain how the initial investigation, despite flagging insurance fraud and eyewitness testimony, failed to secure charges in 1987.

This investigation updates the 1987 murder of Salonia Reed in Hammond, Louisiana. It follows the journey of dedicated investigators who utilized modern technology to overcome initial evidentiary hurdles, focusing heavily on the emotional aftermath for Salonia's son, Reggie Jr., as he grappled with his father’s descent into suspicion.

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Selonia Reed's 1987 murder went unsolved for over thirty years. "Post Mortem" host Anne-Marie Green and CBS News National Correspondent Vladimir Duthiers discuss how Selonia's son, Reggie Jr., grappled with learning his father, Reginald, was the prime suspect years later. Crime. Social justice. Impact. "48 Hours" investigates the most intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all areas of the human experience including greed and passion. "48 Hours," which premiered in 1988, has developed a rich history of original reporting and impact journalism that has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, caused cold cases to be reopened and solved, and along the way changed lives. Subscribe to the "48 Hours" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/48hours Watch full episodes of "48 Hours": https://cbsnews.com/48-hours/full-episodes/ Listen to the "48 Hours" podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/48-Hours Listen to the "My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty" podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/CBSNewsMLOC Follow "48 Hours" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/48hoursCBS/ Like "48 Hours" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/48hours Follow "48 Hours" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/48hours Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletter/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

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