Deidre Reid, 41, was last seen on September 3, 2021, after dropping the father of her youngest child, Emanuel Bedford, at the Greyhound bus station in Charlotte, North Carolina. She planned to meet her sister in Charlotte but never arrived and was not heard from again, which family members said was out of character for a mother of three from Pageland, South Carolina.

Investigators focused on Bedford after surveillance at the bus station showed him entering, canceling his ticket, and leaving in Deidre’s SUV with her. Bedford was later seen driving the vehicle alone at a York County gas station. Deidre’s Chevrolet Tahoe was found partially submerged in an Aiken County pond days after her disappearance, about 11 miles from Bedford’s Georgia residence; blood in the SUV was later confirmed by DNA to be Deidre’s. Bedford was arrested in Georgia in October 2021, initially charged with grand larceny and obstructing justice; charges were upgraded to murder and kidnapping in March 2022. He was convicted of murder and grand larceny in June 2025 and sentenced to life without parole, but Deidre’s body has never been recovered.

If anyone knew Deidre’s movements on or after September 3, 2021, or has information about her final hours, please come forward.