StayTunedSandusky

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Time's up: Sheriff Corbin, Lyons must answer for Fred Reer

With Amanda Dean's killer behind bars, focus shifts to 5 years of 'inaction and obfuscation'

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Matt Westerhold
Mar 03, 2026
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SANDUSKY — For five years, the family of Amanda Dean was told she was alive, safe, and hiding in a domestic violence shelter. They were told there was no crime to investigate. They were told to stop asking questions.

We now know those statements were false. Amanda was killed in July 2017—the very day her family reported her missing.

With her killer, Frederick Reer, now serving 14 years in prison, the legal focus has shifted from the murderer to the men who let him walk free for half a decade. According to new federal court filings obtained by Stay Tuned Sandusky, the civil rights lawsuit filed by Amanda’s mother, Caroline Tokar, against Sheriff Todd Corbin is officially waking up.

‘Holding pattern’ over

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