Detectives solve cold case but killer is dead

Suspect died in ’21 collision

March 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

by Tracy Neal

Detective Lorie Howard holds composite sketch of Shauna Garber on Thursday during a press conference in which authorities said Talfey Reeves of Pineville, Mo., killed Garber in 1990. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Daniel Bereznicki)
Detective Lorie Howard holds composite sketch of Shauna Garber on Thursday during a press conference in which authorities said Talfey Reeves of Pineville, Mo., killed Garber in 1990. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Daniel Bereznicki)

PINEVILLE, Mo. -- Detective Lorie Howard made a promise years ago to identify Grace Doe and to find her killer. The detective with the McDonald County sheriff's office fulfilled her promise and declared the decades-old case solved Thursday.