Salt Lake City (ABC 4 News) On October 11, 1964 - a Salt Lake City teenager, disappeared without a trace. 15 year old Reed Jeppson walked outside to feed and water his dogs behind his home near 19th East and 1400 South and vanished.
His sister, Suzanne Tate, explains the last time anyone in the family saw Reed. "He opened the dog food and said I am going out to feed my dogs - and nobody ever saw him again." Just like that - he was gone. His brother, Dr. Taylor Jeppson, still feels the pain of the loss. "Life is a series of losses and he was a big loss."
In 1964 - when he vanished, his parents and 12 brothers and sisters searched and prayed, but they never found him or found answers to what happened. Everyday since then, they have lived with the unknown. Suzanne says they simply "don't know what happened."
Fast Forward 45 years and Reed's siblings are gathered at the Pioneer Precinct of the Salt Lake City Police Department to once again talk about their missing brother. And police are re-opening his case to do several things. First, to bring attention to it and Nataional Missing Person Day. Second, to collect DNA samples from family members so they can create a profile that can then be sent to CODIS, which tries to match DNA with one of the 40,000 unidentified bodies in U.S. morgues and cemeteries. (see slide show pictures) And third, police showed an aged enhanced picture of Reed - what he may look like if he is alive. (see slide show pictures)
Of course, all of this effort is aimed at helping his siblings find closure - something that has eluded them for 45 years.
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