Brother wanted in Oso killings turns self in

Tony Clyde Reed was taken into custody May 16 by the U.S. Marshals Service and booked into the San Diego County jail.

 

Tony Clyde Reed was taken into custody May 16 by the U.S. Marshals Service and booked into the San Diego County jail.

He had arranged with the service to turn himself in.

Reed, 49, is suspected of helping his brother, John Blaine Reed, 53, murder Oso residents Patrick Shunn and his wife, Monique Patenaude in April. The brothers fled to Mexico via Ellensburg and Phoenix, Ariz., after the killings.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to seek tips from the public as to John Reed’s whereabouts.

Search and Rescue teams searched for the bodies of 45-year-old Shunn and 46-year-old Patenaude this past weekend in the Oso area, to no avail.

Timeline

April 12 – Shunn and Patenaude are reported missing by neighbors. Shunn was last seen at his workplace in Kirkland April 11. Patenaude was last seen around 1 p.m. that same day near the couple’s residence at the 27800 block of Whitman Road.

April 14 – Two vehicles belonging to Shunn and Patenaude are located in a remote, wooded area in the Oso area, north of their home.

April 15 – Detectives search the vehicles and the area where they were located.

April 17 – Sheriff Ty Trenary announces that probable cause has been established for the arrest of the Reed brothers, who are suspected of murdering Shunn and Patenaude.

April 18 – One of the vehicles driven by the Reed brothers is located in Phoenix. The Reed brothers are believed to have crossed the border into Mexico.

April 20 – Several properties in Ellensburg are searched by detectives, including the residence belonging to the parents of the Reed brothers, two storage units and the residence of Tony Reed.

May 16 – Tony Reed turns himself in.