Thomas Stewart Reed, an 18-year-old white male from Forsyth County, North Carolina, was murdered on July 15, 1982. When Reed resisted being moved to the back seat, Wallace reportedly struck him across the legs with a paddle, beat him in the head with a BB pistol, then stabbed him to death and left the body at the scene.

Investigators later linked this killing to Wallace, who had a long history of impersonating law enforcement and targeting adolescent males. The case description says the method mirrored an earlier 1976 murder of a 14-year-old male in which the perpetrator paddled and then murdered the victim in a secluded spot. At the time of the 1982 killing Wallace was not immediately charged because physical evidence was lacking; later developments established his involvement.

Does anyone have memories of the Winston-Salem shopping center or other details from July 1982 that could shed more light on Reed’s movements that day?