Jack Reeg was arrested in connection to the Sept. 16, 2025, shooting death of his girlfriend, Kennedi DeMuth, 25, of Fullerton.
COLUMBUS — The murder trial in connection to the shooting death of a Fullerton woman has been pushed back again.
Jack Reeg, 25, of Columbus, has waived his right to a speedy trial and his attorney, Glenn A. Shapiro with the Omaha law firm Shapiro Riha Law, asked for additional time to obtain and review discovery. Judge Jason S. Doele approved the request earlier this month.
This is the second time the trial has been pushed back. Shapiro requested additional time in January when Reeg hired him. The status hearing had been scheduled for this week with the trial set to begin on Monday. Now the hearing is set for May 26 with the jury trial scheduled for June 1.
Reeg was arrested in connection to the Sept. 16, 2025, shooting death of his girlfriend, Kennedi DeMuth, 25, of Fullerton. He is charged with second degree murder, terroristic threats and two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony. In October, Reeg entered a plea of not guilty.
According to court documents, Reeg told police that he and DeMuth had been fighting for several months. He told Interim Police Chief Bret Strecker that on one occasion, the couple had been driving from Fullerton to Columbus, and they started fighting. Reeg claimed DeMuth started hitting him, so he reached over and grabbed her by the neck. He said that he choked her until she passed out and then he drove the rest of the way to Columbus. He told police that he woke her up in Columbus.
Reeg told police that he and DeMuth went out on Sept. 16 for drinks and food. When they returned to his home in the 2200 block of 7th Street, they began fighting again.
Reeg claimed he caught DeMuth in a lie and it made him angry. He went to his closet and pulled out a .22 rifle. According to court documents, Reeg pointed the rifle and DeMuth and threatened her with it.
Reeg told police that DeMuth said she was going to get a protection order against him. He said that hearing this made him even more angry.
Reeg told police that he had unloaded the gun prior to the fight and did not think there was a round in the chamber. He said that he pulled the trigger to try to scare her.