Timothy J. Meade
The family of a Michigan man who died in an apparent hit-and-run one year ago will honor his memory Saturday on the anniversary of his death.
Timothy J. Meade, 22, of Stephenson, Mich., was found at 2:30 a.m. June 28 in the eastbound lane of traffic on County Road M at the state Highway 29 overpass in Shawano.
The case remains unsolved.
The family will join Shawano County authorities at the Sheriff’s Department at 1 p.m. Saturday for a news conference, then travel to the spot where Meade was found to release balloons in his honor.
“We want to stir up interest again,” said Sheriff Randy Wright, adding that authorities and the family are still hoping someone will come forward with information about the incident.
“Somewhere there’s somebody whose conscience is bothering them,” Wright said.
Wright said he is not expecting criminal charges to be filed, even if someone does come forward, given the circumstances of the incident.
“We’d just like to put closure on it,” he said.
Autopsy results indicate Meade was lying down in the road at the time he was struck.
Wright said the driver who struck him likely didn’t see Meade because of the dark conditions and the crest of the bridge at that location.
Meade had been visiting friends in the area and was headed back to their residence after leaving a nearby drinking establishment, according to sheriff’s detectives.
He left the establishment sometime after 1:30 a.m. Several witnesses reported seeing him walking.
Meade was struck sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. by a vehicle that would have been headed eastbound on County Road M, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Detective Wade Wudtke said in an interview late last year that authorities contacted “an enormous amount of people” during the investigation.
“We’ve collected traffic information and data that we’ve been following up on as far as who takes that road of travel and everything,” he said. “We’ve knocked on a lot of doors, talked to a lot of neighbors, followed up on a lot of leads. We haven’t come up with anything.”
Wudtke also said the Sheriff’s Department is not looking to file charges.
“This isn’t anything about prosecuting anybody right now. We just want closure for the family,” he said.
The Sheriff’s Department can be reached at 715-526-3111.