Authorities in Pinellas County have turned their attention to a courtroom in Ohio where a man was just sentenced to prison for killing his girlfriend, believing he may hold the key to solving a baffling disappearance on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Frederick Reer, 42, has been named a person of interest in the 2018 disappearance of Joseph Andrew Phillips, reigniting hope in a case that has remained cold for years.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Cleveland19 that their scrutiny of Reer stems from the timeline of Phillips’ disappearance. Investigators determined that Reer was the last person known to have interacted with Phillips before the Florida man abruptly vanished…