His extended family confirmed his death in a GoFundMe. They wrote that he died of natural causes on Sunday.
His distraught loved ones said Reh persevered in the wake of his family’s murder and learned to communicate in Braille at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind. He recently reached a point where he could “live independently” again.
Reh, a first-generation student, was accepted to the University of Utah as a Presidential Scholar and began his freshman year just one week before he died. He was set to major in pre-law, and dreamed of attending law school after completing his undergraduate education.
His surviving family said they found comfort in the thought of “his reunion with his family.”