Stay stubborn: AG won't release Amanda Dean files; won't talk about Sheriff Corbin
Decision due from U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary in family's lawsuit
NORWALK — A federal judge in Toledo will decide later this month how much longer Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson can maintain a blackout over state records detailing Amanda Dean’s murder—and why the Huron County Sheriff’s Office spent 5½ years covering it up.
Until that file is produced, depositions in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Dean family against Sheriff Todd Corbin and 10 deputies remain stalled, delaying full disclosure of how Dean was murdered in 2017 and why local law enforcement refused to investigate.
The family filed their lawsuit in December 2024, accusing Corbin and his deputies of flagrantly violating their civil rights. The civil litigation was initially paused while the state built a criminal murder case against Fred Reer, Dean’s live-in boyfriend.
A state inquiry conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) was launched in January 2023 following public outrage sparked by investigative reporting in the Sandusky Register. Reer was indicted a year later, convicted via a plea deal in December, and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
