Michelle Reid was one of the murder victims of Toby Mills. In July 2003, Michelle went missing and her boyfriend, Simon Maloney, was accused of murdering Michelle. Although he was arrested, he was never charged. In May 2005, Michelle's body was discovered at the bottom of a lake, and Michelle came back to "haunt" Steph Dean. Steph was an attempted murder victim, and found popularity by telling the story of how she survived. Michelle was furious that Steph got a lot of attention, whilst she got only a few newspaper articles. Simon also went after Steph, and Simon and "Michelle" caused Steph to fall into the lake, almost dying. Michelle's body rose to the surface, confirming to Simon that she was dead and not actually Steph.