The fatal stabbing took place on the morning of Dec. 3, 2018, near the PennDOT building along the railroad track in Harrisburg.
Dylan Reeves, 24, said that had he not been high on cold medicine, he would not have killed Daniel Kelley, the man who had been found tangled in wires near the railroad tracks along the Capital Greenbelt in 2018.
Reeves took to the witness stand Wednesday in a Dauphin County courtroom to testify in a trial where prosecutorsBoth men, who were homeless, traveled from Taco Bell to just south of the PennDOT building along the railroad tracks from 3:30 a.m. to around 7 in the morning on Dec. 3, 2018, whereReeves described an out-of-body experience where he was not in control of his actions as he was coming off the cold medicine he and Kelly, 21, used to get high earlier that morning. “I felt this sense of impending doom I felt this situation was approaching and was getting closer and closer. I felt stronger and stronger, and I wasn’t sure if it was going to happen or not,” Reeves said, detailing what he was feeling as he and Kelly approached the scene where the latter would be killed. Under examination by his own attorney, Reeves told the jury he started doing drugs at around the age of 12, using marijuana and alcohol before switching to cold medicine because it was readily available. Reeves said cold medicine made him feel “unglued” from his surroundings, and that his body moved without him thinking about it. He said he would take seven pills of Dextromethorphan at a time, and would take seven more to stay “up.” Reeves said he took 14 pills the day he killed Kelly. Reeves said he does not recall stabbing Kelly, and that he lost control. Although he did not think he had anyone in his life he could call a friend, Reeves said he talked to Kelly more than anyone else. “It’s hard to talk about, because from everyone else’s perspective, it was Dylan Reeves, but from my perspective ” Reeves trailed off as John Canavan, a prosecutor with the Dauphin County DA’s office, continued questioning him. During cross-examination, Canavan asked Reeves about pictures found on his phone — pictures of the scene where Reeves would kill Kelly taken days before.Reeves denied texting someone that he was going to sedate Kelly, lead him to the bridge and strangle him when asked by Canavan. “He was tripping,” Reeves said. “I was sitting back talking him through it because of my higher level of experience.”Replied Reeves, “I also didn’t tell them I played basketball in high school.”Reeves is accused of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Attorneys will deliver their closing remarks to the jury Thursday morning before the jury retreats for deliberations.
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