A San Antonio man whose mother went missing and was discovered at the center of a brutal homicide will be featured in “48 Hours” on Saturday.
Reginald Reed Jr., who was featured by the San Antonio Report last year for writing a book about the 1987 murder of his mother, Selonia Reed, will recount what happened decades ago in the television series.
In the clip, CBS describes, “Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder? A son grapples with his parents’ troubled past.”
“Reggie” Reed Jr. is interviewed by police on video on Aug. 25, 1987, and cries out for his mommy and daddy.
“From that day on, my life changed forever. It just begs the question why,” he says in the clip.
The episode will air at 9 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+.
“48 Hours” is an Emmy-award winning show by CBS that since 1988 has underscored hundreds of the most intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on greed and passion. It’s helped exonerate wrongly convicted people and has driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases.
Reed’s case sat cold for more than three decades.
On Wednesday, Reed told the San Antonio Report he remembers his mother as a quiet woman who worked as a bank teller and loved to bake. He was her shadow, he said, they were always together.
Besides the heinous nature of the crime, advancements in forensic technology, an alleged life insurance plot and politics are most likely what reeled in interest from the show, Reed said, including that despite all of that, he managed the trauma and the strength to overcome adversity.
Being vulnerable as a man and sharing his story has helped him overcome the trauma and turn it into something positive that can help people realize that they, too, can overcome trauma, he said.
“It shows the way trauma can double back, like a boomerang,” he said. “My dad raised me. He was a great dad. I went to a private school, he provided for us. My dad ran for mayor [of Hammond, Louisiana]. He wasn’t this weird guy. He was a very loved and respected people-person, big into politics. People adored him.”
Today, Reed is raising two children, including a 1-year-old daughter whom they named Selonia, after her grandmother.
