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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Missing Fort Lauderdale teen featured on new John Walsh investigation series


By  Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel


John Walsh (right) and his son Callahan Walsh host a new investigation and missing children's show "In Pursuit With John Walsh'' on Investigations Discovery. The show features the cases of two missing children each week. (Scott Witter / Courtesy)
The teen with the wavy brown hair and shy smile was last seen leaving her home in Fort Lauderdale. That was almost two years ago and her family and police continue searching for Sophie Reeder, now 17.


The case is getting renewed attention on the new John Walsh investigation and missing person’s show “In Pursuit with John Walsh,’’ which was scheduled to air a segment on the teen’s disappearance Wednesday on Investigation Discovery.
Reeder lived with her father, Patrick Reeder, in Fort Lauderdale where she was enrolled in a virtual school. Evidence from her computer suggests that she may be with an adult male predator, according to the show.
Flyers with her photo and description have been distributed over the past two years in South Florida and on social media. She was last seen walking away from her home at 1308 Citrus Isle, according to Fort Lauderdale police. And she was known to hang out near Stranahan High School.
The Investigation Discovery show debuted Jan. 16 and highlights two missing children as well as unsolved violent crimes each week. The show airs 10 p.m. Wednesdays on the cable network.

To help spark leads for the missing children cases, the show is using “age-progression photos and descriptions.”
“If at least one child comes home and one homicide is solved, we will have done our job,” said John Walsh, the former South Florida resident who is a host and executive producer of the series, which has a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children or NCMEC where son Callahan Walsh works. Callahan Walsh also appears on the show as a roving reporter who visits the scenes of violent crimes in search of clues to find fugitives.
Anyone with information on Sophie Reeder or other cases is asked to call the show’s call center at 1-833-3-PURSUE or submit a tip at www.InPursuitTips.com. Anonymous tips are accepted.

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