HURON COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Huron County man accused in the murder and disappearance of his girlfriend in 2017, will be in court Monday morning for a final pre-trial.

Frederick Reer’s jury trial is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2026; however, at a hearing earlier this month, the judge said the two sides are working on a plea agreement.

Reer is charged with murder, tampering with evidence, and gross abuse of a corpse in connection with the death of Amanda Dean.

Dean, a 36-year-old mother of four, was last seen on July 11, 2017 in Collins.

In December 2022, Huron County Sheriff detectives re-opened their investigation into Dean’s disappearance.

Investigators executed a search warrant in November 2023 at a home belonging to Reer’s father. It remains unknown what investigators discovered du

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