Reed Farmstead 2012
This un-assuming farm was the scene of the first murder of the Nicholas Sheley crime spree that terrorized the Sterling-Rock Falls area in the summer of 2008.Russell Reed was a 94 yr. old retired farmer still living on his own in this isolated rural farm.His only association w/ Sheley is that Sheley had scrapped metal at his farm months back.We farmed some land right down the road from this house and I must have drove by this place a hundred times over the years.UPDATE 2-2013: this house has been demolished.
Reed Farmstead 2012
This un-assuming farm was the scene of the first murder of the Nicholas Sheley crime spree that terrorized the Sterling-Rock Falls area in the summer of 2008.Russell Reed was a 94 yr. old retired farmer still living on his own in this isolated rural farm.His only association w/ Sheley is that Sheley had scrapped metal at his farm months back.We farmed some land right down the road from this house and I must have drove by this place a hundred times over the years.UPDATE 2-2013: this house has been demolished.