Heath Riley Reams was last seen in Jennings on July 27, 2003. He was twenty-six years old.

At the time Heath went missing, he had been visiting with friends, Amanda Sanders-Bolstad and Todd Ross. He had reportedly left their residence at approximately 7:00 am on July 27th, when he left he didn’t take any of his belongings with him. Not even his money or credit cards, however he was driving his pickup truck. After not hearing from her son for several days, his mother reported him missing on August 2, 2003. By late October, his family knew that Heath had not left of his own will; his grandfather who had been very ill when Heath went missing passed away, and Heath hadn’t made any contact with his five year old son.

On November 3, 2003, Heath’s suv was found by hunters locked and abandoned three miles east of Jennings. Several personal belongings were found in the vehicle, but no evidence of foul play was found.

In 2012 a grand jury would issue an indictment for Amanda Sanders-Bolstad, and information would come out that she had been seen driving Heath’s vehicle about a month after he had disappeared, but before the vehicle had been found. Prosecutors have asserted that Sanders-Bolstad murdered Heath by beating him with a baseball bat. Eventually Sanders-Bolstad would plead to first degree manslaughter. She received a 25 year sentence with all but five years of that sentence suspended. Meaning, she would serve five years in actual prison time for Heath’s murder, and will be on probation until 2035.

Heath’s body, to date, has not been found.

Sanders-Bolstad was released from prison for her manslaughter sentence in 2019, having served just under four years of her five year sentence. She is currently serving time in prison for charges unrelated to Heath’s murder.

If you have any information relating to the whereabouts of Heath Riley Reams’ remains, please contact the OSBI at 800-522-8017.