DNA evidence helps solve Utah cold-case murder of ‘Maidenwater victim’

Lina Reyes Geddes’ remains were found on the side of a road north of Lake Powell in 1998.

(Utah State Bureau of Investigation) Pictured is Lina Reyes-Geddes, killed in southern Utah in 1998. More than 20 years after her then-unidentified body was discovered, investigators finally believe they know who shot and killed her, then cut off her fingertips.

DNA evidence helps solve Utah cold-case murder of ‘Maidenwater victim’

Lina Reyes Geddes’ remains were found on the side of a road north of Lake Powell in 1998.

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