Judge sets trial date for man accused of murdering Pageland mother

PAGELAND, S.C. — A trial date has been set for the man charged with murdering a mother from Pageland.

In a special hearing on Tuesday, a judge set Emmanuel Bedford’s trial for April 14.

Detectives said that in 2021, Deidre Reid took Bedford, her son’s father, to a Charlotte bus station.

She was then never seen by her family again.

Prosecutors said a few days after her disappearance, her car was found in a pond in South Carolina, and there was blood in the car.

Her body was never found.

Bedford is facing charges of kidnapping and murder.

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