Reamer was initially reported missing on April 4, 1994, but last had contact on March 28, 1994. Reamer's girlfriend from Three Forks, MT dropped him off at his apartment on Wilder Ave. in Helena, MT on March 27, 1994. He had spent the weekend with her and their young son. She claimed there was an unknown male at his apartment when she dropped him off. The next morning the girlfriend and "surrogate" mother both claimed to have spoken to Reamer on the phone before he left for class at Carroll College. The neighbor remembered seeing him on the night of the 27th, but he didn't come over for breakfast the morning of the 28th as planned. Personal belongings, including his wallet, bicycle and school books, were left behind, and his vehicle remained parked outside the apartment. His favorite cowboy hat was missing.