Amanda Dean was 36 and a mother of four when she vanished from Collins, Ohio, in July 2017. At the time she lived with her boyfriend, Frederick Reer, and had told her sister she planned to leave him because of abusive behavior. Her last known contact was a text to that sister saying she intended to leave.

Her family reported her missing to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, but less than 24 hours later the case was closed after Sheriff Todd Corbin told the family Amanda was alive and staying in a domestic violence shelter and did not want contact. Her family said that was out of character, and Amanda did not resume communication.

The case was reopened in 2022 with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisting. A search warrant was executed at a Wells Road property where Amanda had lived with Reer. In February 2024 Reer was indicted on murder, tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse; he later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, two counts of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse and was sentenced to 14 years. Amanda’s body has never been found.