26 Facts About Tucker Reed

Tucker Reed was sentenced to six years and three months in prison.

Tucker Reed is the daughter of The New York Times best-selling author Kelly Moore and English teacher Daniel Reed.

Tucker Reed served as a reporter, web designer and editor-in-chief for her high school's newspaper, The Rogue News.

Tucker Reed went on to be recognized on the national level for her essays and short stories during her junior and senior years at Ashland High School.

In 2009, at age 19, Tucker Reed persuaded her mother to collaborate on a novel.

In 2010, Tucker Reed attended the University of Southern California, where she studied broadcast journalism, theatre and cinema.

Tucker Reed was a reporter and assistant editor for the university's student newspaper, the Daily Trojan, in 2010.

Tucker Reed acted as narrator of the audiobook edition of Amber House and its sequel Neverwas, which was released on January 7,2014.

Tucker Reed is co-author of the series' forthcoming titles Ever Shall and Otherwhen.

Tucker Reed played the lead role in an independent horror movie released November 20,2020, titled From the Dark, under the stage name Wyn Tucker Reed.

Tucker Reed first gained notoriety as an opponent of gendered violence when she published the name of her alleged assaulter to a blog.

In September 2013, Tucker Reed spoke out as a proponent of "mandatory exit surveys" at college campuses, designed to better monitor the efficacy of policies and programs regarding student safety.

Such surveys would, according to Tucker Reed, prevent internal corruption and dismissal of valid student claims because they would create an external reference monitoring whether colleges remain in compliance with the Clery Act and their own safety policies.

In 2013, Tucker Reed aided students at multiple institutions in filing Office for Civil Rights complaints against their colleges.

In September 2013, Tucker Reed was recognized for her activism by the Veteran Feminists of America when she was awarded the Lucy Burns Challenger Award at the organization's 20th anniversary celebration.

Tucker Reed helped to organize college students in support of women's rights and to raise public awareness about the issue of gendered violence, appearing on CNN, CBS, NBC, HuffPost Live and other news programs.

On July 26,2016, Tucker Reed was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of her 63-year-old maternal uncle, Shane Patrick Moore; this occurred at his parents' home in Applegate, Oregon.

On July 29,2016, Tucker Reed was indicted on charges of first and second degree manslaughter by a grand jury.

On September 5,2018, Tucker Reed faced a charge of 2nd degree murder atop felony counts of first- and second- degree manslaughter of her uncle based on "some new evidence" that had surfaced, according to Deputy District Attorney Marco Boccato, who prosecuted the case with District Attorney Beth Heckert.

In January 2020, Tucker Reed faced charges of supplying contraband and unlawfully possessing heroin in jail.

Tucker Reed was housed at Jackson County Jail at the time.

On May 27,2020, Tucker Reed pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree manslaughter in the death of her uncle.

Tucker Reed was sentenced to six years, three months in prison.

Tucker Reed is incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville.

In January 2021, Tucker Reed filed a malpractice lawsuit against her defense attorney alleging he failed to adequately represent her and caused her to accept a false plea deal that was not voluntary.

In October 2020, Dateline NBC introduced a podcast about Tucker Reed's killing of her uncle, entitled "Killer Role".