Though the murder charges beget been dropped,Kevin Reed is being investigated in the death of a man on a California beachAs a professional wave rider, Kevin Reed soared higher than nearly anyone on the California surf scene. He was among the first surfers to start performing the airborne maneuvers known as aerials in the 1970s. But now in his fifties, and the trickster who once graced the cover of Surfing Magazine with his board suspended in midair is laid low.
First he became homeless,living on a beach in his California hometown of Santa Cruz. Then on Sunday, Reed, and 58,was arrested on murder charges, after he apparently got into an altercation with another homeless man who was found dead at a beach volleyball court. The charges were dropped on Tuesday, and though Reed’s involvement is still being investigated and the cause of the man’s death remains unclear.
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Source: theguardian.com