The former boyfriend of Amanda Dean was sentenced Monday after previously pleading guilty to felony charges in connection with her death.
The defendant, Frederick Reer, was sentenced Monday morning in the Huron County Court of Common Pleas to 14 years in prison.
In December 2025, Reer pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with Dean’s death.
“With today’s sentence, a killer has been brought to justice – I pray Amanda’s family finds a measure of peace knowing the man responsible for her death is behind bars,” Attorney General Dave Yost said. “Hats off to the investigators and prosecutors who relentlessly pursued the truth in this difficult case."
What happened
The 36-year-old mother of four was reported missing in July 2017 in Townsend Township. Her family said she was involved in an abusive relationship and was living with Reer during that time.
Dean was last heard from on July 11, 2017, in a text to her sister about a plan to leave Reer. According to the indictment, Reer killed Dean on or around that same day.
Her family filed a missing persons report after not hearing from Dean; however, it was canceled a day later because Huron County Sheriff Todd Corbin told the family she was "in a safe house."
In late 2022, the family demanded answers from Corbin, and the case was reopened. Then, in November 2023, a search warrant was executed at a home outside a small Huron County town in connection with the case.
The AG's Office said that the Ohio Bureau of Investigation "determined that Reer killed Dean inside a residence where the couple lived, then cleaned the crime scene and disposed of the evidence." Her body has never been found.
Reer was arrested and indicted in 2024 and remained in jail on a $1 million bond.
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