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Lina Izaguirre Reyes-Geddes was a woman found murdered in 1998 near Maidenwater Spring in Garfield County, Utah. She was identified in November 2018.

Disappearance

Reyes-Geddes was last seen in Austintown, Ohio on April 8, 1998. She was supposed to travel to Dallas, Texas and then to Laredo, Texas, but it's not apparent if she ever made it to these destinations.

Six months later on October 14th, her husband reported her missing to the Youngstown, Ohio police department.

Case

Lina's body was discovered on April 20th in Garfield County, Utah. It had been covered with plastic bags, wrapped in duct tape, tied with a rope and placed inside a sleeping bag before being wrapped in a rug. She had been shot in the head and her fingers had been cut off, preventing identification.

Serial killer Scott Kimball is considered a suspect in her murder as the way she was found is similar to the way many of his victims were found. Kimball is a suspect in the presumed murder of Jennifer Marcum.

Identification

After a press conference and renewed push by law enforcement on October 2nd detailing the 1998 death of the then-unidentified woman, an amateur sleuth contacted law enforcement to suggest a comparison between Lina Reyes-Geddes and the Jane Doe. After making contact with police in Youngstown, Ohio, investigators were able to make contact with a family member of Reyes-Geddes in Mexico. In early November 2018, two of her family members agreed to travel to the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico where DNA swabs were taken. A Utah-based company then compared their DNA with the victim and confirmed the match.

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+{{Graphic notice}}{{Identified_Infobox|title1=Lina Reyes-Geddes|image1=LinaReyesGeddes.jpg|caption1=|name=Lina Izaguirre Reyes-Geddes|sex={{F}}|age=37|missing_from=Austintown, Ohio|disappeared=April 8, 1998|discovered=April 20, 1998|location=Garfield County, Utah|identified=November 2018|span=20 years|cod={{Gun H}}}}'''Lina Izaguirre Reyes-Geddes''' was a woman found murdered in 1998 near Maidenwater Spring in Garfield County, Utah. She was identified in November 2018.
-'''Lina Izaguirre Reyes-Geddes''' was a woman found murdered in 1998 near Maidenwater Spring in Garfield County, Utah. She was identified in November 2018.
-== Case ==
+== Disappearance ==
 Reyes-Geddes was last seen in Austintown, Ohio on April 8, 1998. She was supposed to travel to Dallas, Texas and then to Laredo, Texas, but it's not apparent if she ever made it to these destinations.
 Six months later on October 14th, her husband reported her missing to the Youngstown, Ohio police department.
+== Case ==
-Her body was discovered on April 20th in Garfield County, Utah. It had been covered with plastic bags, wrapped in duct tape, tied with a rope and placed inside a sleeping bag before being wrapped in a rug. She had been shot in the head.
+Lina's body was discovered on April 20th in Garfield County, Utah. It had been covered with plastic bags, wrapped in duct tape, tied with a rope and placed inside a sleeping bag before being wrapped in a rug. She had been shot in the head and her fingers had been cut off, preventing identification.
-Initially, serial killer Scott Kimball had been considered a possible suspect in her murder but this was ruled out once she was identified. The primary suspect in her murder is believed to have committed suicide in Nevada in the early 2000s.
+Serial killer Scott Kimball is considered a suspect in her murder as the way she was found is similar to the way many of his victims were found. Kimball is a suspect in the presumed murder of [https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Marcum Jennifer Marcum].
+== Identification ==
-==Physical characteristics==
+After a press conference and renewed push by law enforcement on October 2nd detailing the 1998 death of the then-unidentified woman, an amateur sleuth contacted law enforcement to suggest a comparison between Lina Reyes-Geddes and the Jane Doe. After making contact with police in Youngstown, Ohio, investigators were able to make contact with a family member of Reyes-Geddes in Mexico. In early November 2018, two of her family members agreed to travel to the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico where DNA swabs were taken. A Utah-based company then compared their DNA with the victim and confirmed the match.
-* She had brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
-* She had extensive dental work.
-* She had freckles and tattooed eyebrows.
-* She had small, dark moles on her right ear, upper lip, chin and left shoulder.
-==Gallery==
+==Characteristics==
+* Brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
+* Extensive dental work.
+* Freckles and tattooed eyebrows.
+* Ssmall, dark moles on her right ear, upper lip, chin and left shoulder.
+==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 LinaReyesGeddes2.jpg
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 GarfieldCJD2.jpg|Sketch
 GarfieldCJD.jpeg|Reconstruction
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene3.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene 1.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene3 1.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene2.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene2 - Copy (3).jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene2 - Copy.jpg
+GarfieldCJDCrimeScene2 - Copy (2).jpg
 </gallery>
+==Sources==
-==Links==
 *{{Charley Project|Lina-Izaguirre-Reyes-Geddes}}
-*[https://www.ksl.com/article/46437093/1998-garfield-county-cold-case-murder-solved-officials-say KSL]
+*[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900044430/maidenwater-victim-identified-after-20-years-thanks-to-whirlwind-two-months-of-investigation.html Deseret News]
 *[https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/11/29/after-years-police-say/ The Salt Lake Tribune]
+*{{Wikipedia|Scott_Lee_Kimball|Scott Kimball}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes-Geddes, Lina}}
+[[Category:Female]]
+[[Category:Hispanic]]
+[[Category:Recognizable faces]]
+[[Category:Young adults]]
 [[Category:People found in Utah]]
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+[[Category:Formerly missing people from Ohio]]
 [[Category:1998 discoveries]]
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+[[Category:1998 disappearances]]
 [[Category:1960s births]]
-[[Category:Hispanic]]
-[[Category:Adults]]
 [[Category:Homicide by gunshot]]
-[[Category:Recognizable faces]]
 [[Category:2018 identifications]]
-[[Category:Formerly missing people from Ohio]]
+[[Category:Victims of serial killers]]
-[[Category:1998 disappearances]]
-[[Category:Young adults]]