MERRITT, Mich. (AP) — A man fishing near a dam in Missaukee County didn’t make it home. More than 30 years later, police still are trying to figure out who shot him.
John Skamelka was killed while fishing near the Reedsburg Dam, not far from Houghton Lake, in July 1989.
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First responders believed Skamelka had suffered a heart attack but then discovered that he had been shot. His wallet was also missing.
Police got a description of a vehicle and a man with “greasy” long hair and facial hair.
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Skamelka’s son, Philip, regularly visits his father’s grave near Midland.
“Somebody actually knows something out there that they’re not saying,” he said.
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