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Boy Killed in 1985 Reburied
posted 07/02/09
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David Reed was reburied Thursday at a cemetery near his hometown of Schuylkill Haven, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Joseph Paul Geiger was 20 when he punched Reed because he suspected the boy was stealing his marijuana plants. He didn't get help when the boy hit his head on a metal wall but instead hid the body in the woods.
When the body was found months later, authorities initially thought the boy might have succumbed to an undiagnosed case of diabetes.
State police exhumed the body in January 2008 after turning up new evidence and arrested Geiger in August.
Geiger is now 44 and serving a 1- to 2-year sentence after pleading guilty in February to involuntary manslaughter and three lesser charges.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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