{"id":21375,"date":"2013-02-14T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/man-charged-in-1996-murder-of-kent-co-worker-pleads-not-guilty\/"},"modified":"2013-02-14T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:23:29","slug":"man-charged-in-1996-murder-of-kent-co-worker-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/man-charged-in-1996-murder-of-kent-co-worker-pleads-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in 1996 murder of Kent co-worker pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Montana man charged in the 1996 cold case murder of a Kirkland woman who worked in Kent pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Thursday in King County Superior Court in Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Clifford E. Reed, 59, was extradited Feb. 6 to King County for allegedly killing Sandi Rae Johnson, 28, in April 1996. He remains in the county jail in Seattle on $5 million bail. He is scheduled to return to court March 14 when a trial date could be set or attorneys can ask for more time to prepare the case.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Reed was Johnson’s co-worker at Bowen Scarff Ford in Kent during her disappearance. Johnson was reported missing in 1996. Her body was found eight years later near Highway 410 in Pierce County.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Reed left Washington for Montana shortly after Johnson<\/a> was reported missing, according to court documents. Detectives conducted multiple interviews throughout the investigation and Reed\u2019s friends revealed his alleged infatuation with Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

King County Sheriff\u2019s Office detectives arrested Reed for investigation of murder in December at his Victor, Mont. home.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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