@@PhysicalEntity They guy was standing in front of a commercial truck too. My guess is he is a truck driver. So I would assume he had some technical knowledge on taking apart vehicles. Its not rocket science.
My brother was hit and killed near Hickory NC not too long ago and the person never came forward. I just couldn’t imagine living with that on your conscious. Just heartless.
Try to make peace with your loss, my brother was taken from me 40 years ago, my problem is it was someone we know or have met, one road into the neighbourhood and out? (never solved) Sorry for your loss.
Not only that they had the car just sitting close by the whole time. That is 14 years of it just sitting there. In that time he could have took it apart piece by piece and got rid of it.
They have neighbors. You're telling me that they never questioned the fact that their neighbor stopped driving the exact car the police were looking for right after it happened?! The fact that this took 14 years to solve, and the fact that they still had the car hidden that many years later, is just embarrassing.
Did you see the property it was at? This isn't a suburban street where you can see your neighbour coming and going from their house every day and you can see everything that is parked in their driveway and garage. This is a rural area where you can't see all the vehicles on the property, you may not even be able to see what is parked right in front of the house. You certainly don't have an easy view of all the comings and goings. Not only that, we have no idea how long they had the car before the accident.
It took 14 years to find the car and those driving it. They shouldn't be allowed out pending a trial, they should be held until trial or they'll simply disappear. Prayers and condolences to the family/relatives of the deceased.....
> "and those driving it.". That needs to be proven in a court of law. Anybody could have been driving it that night. Uncle, son, daughter, father, friend...
@@TEverettReynolds All they need to prove is that they knew about the death and went to great lengths to conceal evidence from authorities. That should give them a little prison time.
@@brianh2834Bullshit. I’d do the right thing. If I hit and killed someone, I’d actually STOP. Not take off. Sure, it’s possible I’d get charged with something. But accidents happen, and I wouldn’t be put in prison for years. Leaving the scene however, is no accident.
I remember the billboards and the posters that were put up around the area after this young man’s death. My own son was a teenager at the time and my heart broke for the family trying to bear the grief of their child dying alone by the side of the road. I’m glad that they have finally got some answers about what happened to him.
I don’t understand. If they already knew the make, model and color of the vehicle, couldn’t they do a DMV registration search and cross check that against car owners in a certain square mileage of the incident? Just thinking out loud here…
Was thinking the same thing. Perhaps this couple was investigated back in 2008 using the DMV info, but claimed they no longer had possession of the vehicle?
Yes, but because you own a vehicle doesn’t make you liable for what happens with it. If someone borrows/steals your car and commits a crime in it, it doesn’t prove you’re the driver. Now what happened here where they hid the car is a separate story. But most hit and runs go without an arrest because a vehicle crime without a witness is almost impossible to prosecute. You have to be able to prove the person you’re charging was DRIVING the car, not that they own it or had access to it
My uncle was walking to work in NC because his car was in the shop and hit and run. He died, and they never caught the person. I don’t how someone could live with not going to his aid, just leaving him to die alone in the road, but I guess some don’t care. Glad this person was caught.
@@franko8572That's not living free. Those are criminals with no conscience. Otherwise they would have spent the last decade and a half in a constant state of misery.
14 YEARS!!! Get a list of owners for that make and model car and start the investigation. But 14 YEARS?!?!?!?! The police are more to blame then the hit and run driver.
My brother was killed 7 years ago by a hit and run driver while walking home from work. The driver was never identified. It is a cowardly and shameful thing to do, I will never understand how someone could be so heartless. I hope this couple spends a long time in prison.
What do u really expect though? If they’re even slightly intoxicated or have anything illegal in the vehicle, the punishment would be the same if not greater than it would be if they run and get caught later. Certainly not justifying, but pretending that it’s some unthinkable mentality is just ridiculous.
@@KozyczKind of sounds like you're justifying it. They'll get in trouble, it's okay to leave the scene. At least we know what you would do in this situation 🤡
The billboard was just outside their door as a constant reminder. They may have hidden the evidence but they had to live with that sign and I love that for them.
The sad part is that the person who got hit may not have been dead and could have benefited from prompt medical care. Even if he was dead, the driver owes to the deceased and family to stick around. May be he would have to time in jail, or probation depending on the circumstances.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector no excuse for being able to hide a compartment large enough to fit an entire vehicle inside the fixed dimensions of a trailer. some redneck hillBilly outsmarted the police.
Mighty nice of them to hold on to the only evidence linking them to the crime. In 14 years, they really could have taken it apart and got rid of it one piece at a time.
A DNA test on samples taken from the vehicle, now having been pretty much perfectly preserved for all this time, will nail their asses to the wall. They kept the "smoking gun" all this time.
@@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo Y'all have a "Ministry of Transportation?" Did you guys say, "Hey let's name this government agency the most Orwellian name we can think of?"
@@mastiffmama6008 daaannngggg now that suckkkzzzz. 14 years is a long time, and they should have cut the car up, but maybe that family member didnt like him.... dang
I can not imagine living with that for 14 years, driving past both the scene of the accident and the billboard nearly every single day. You would have to be subhuman not to feel the guilt tear you up inside. I bet there's a part of them that feels some sense of relief that they can finally face justice and make whatever peace is possible with the family.
Nobody cares how they feel but I see what you mean. You assume they have a conscience and feel guilt but their actions show they may have felt superior to law enforcement for having gottena way with it for so long and each time you pass by that sign it is a reminder of a job well done.
The Shortreed family has been part of the Fergus community for over 70 years. Its just crazy that this happened! Congrats to police for never giving up!
It's not that they gave up or anything it's just that literally couldn't do anything until more evidence came in. This has nothing to do with them not giving up. Lol
@@austinhernandez2716 You really think they didn't do that? What an ego you have to think you're the only one who thought of this. The perpetrator of the hit and run bought a similar car and switched the VIN plates and license plates, and yes, that car was inspected by the police along with hundreds of other cars.
I heard about a case that involved a drunk driver hitting someone and leaving the scene. Years later, like 20 years later, he was drunk in a bar and started running his mouth about what he done and it lead to his arrest and conviction of manslaughter.
Im so confused the police knew they had the description of the car but why don't they call any dealers near by that sold that type of car and see if the owners still have them and check if it had damages..
This doesn’t make any sense to me. Police initially stated they were looking for a Dodge neon. I don’t understand how they didn’t turn up this location from a search of Dodge Neons in the area. They lived right near the scene of the accident. Can anybody explain this to me?
I'm sure the police did that, but the owners told them it had gotten stolen. At that point, what can they do? Get a search warrant? Maybe the judge turned it down.
Police can’t search your property just because you own a certain vehicle. There’s not enough probable cause. They’d have to have reason to believe it was them outside the make and model of the car.
They kept that car for 14 years and never thought to cut it up and get rid of it? I guess we have to be thankful their complete stupidity got them caught in the end.
@@glennhankins6927 It has nothing to do with liberals, dummy. It's a provincial highway traffic act offense. If you were paying attention you'd notice our province isn't run by liberals.
So imagine you hit a person who dies in the accident. And then what? Nobody will turn himself in and just deliberately live in prison for the rest of his life.
@@testtor2714 I definitely wouldve turned around to see if I could help who I hit. You never know, they could still live if help arrives fast enough. And if they died, I'd have to turn myself in. Depends on how many years I'd receive in jail as to whether or not I'd commit suicide. But I have too much compassion and empathy to live happily knowing what I did if I didnt turn myself in and suffer the consequences of my actions.
I have a lot of questions. Was the car not registered? How the hell could the cops just narrow the search down to those cars and have everyone with that type of vehicle account for it?
how do you live in country and not teach your kid how to walk down hwy? These ppl are trash mfers but the kid would be alive if he was walking against traffic instead of with it
@@TheGramophoneGirl It looked too badly smashed to be fixed, and of course they couldn't take it to any garage or body shop without everyone immediately spotting the car wanted by the police, so they just hid it from view.
Glad they were caught. You would think that if you removed one component per week over a 14 year period the car would have been dismantled and vanished to never have been discovered.
As much as I am glad they were caught, I can't help thinking the same thing. Quietly cut it up and dispose of it in unidentifiable pieces. I couldn't have tolerated doing this and not doing something about it. Even if I panicked at the time of the accident. How can you go to sleep having done this?
You know, the circumstances that led to his getting hit would have likely exonerated this guy. It was night, and from the video it suggested the victim was walking in the road, not on a shoulder. If he had called for help, or if his wife had called for help - who knows? Lucas Shortreed may have gotten the emergency care he needed, and lived. But they didn’t *care* about this young man’s life, or his family’s pain. *That* makes them monsters.
Even if Lucas had still passed away, they may not have been charged if they had stayed and called for help since the victim was walking in the middle of the road at night. From the sounds of it they aren't actually being charged with anything to do with the hit, but in covering it up and leaving the scene.
They all might have been at that party . Most likely all intoxicated. He was driving home and hit him in road and he probably thought I'm drunk and ill go to prison for 30 years . Now he most likely will spend the last 15 years of his life in prison and dying in prison. The wheels of justice turn slow but once your in then it begins .
They are stupid. Not only they ran away from an accident they are in no fault, they kept the evidence in one piece for 14 years. They deserve to be in jail for the rest of their lives.
It’s shocking they were released on bail not long after their arrest . The courts are really behind on trials . I hope they had their drivers licences suspended immediately. Glad the victims family got answers for their son.
@shelbyseelbach9568 And if you listened to the charges brought against them, they aren’t even being charged with a hit and run yet. Just hiding, concealing evidence. They aren’t serious enough charges to warrant whatever it is you think this country should do. It’s what they can prove, not what we think happened.
Probably got bail because aside from this case, they've probably never gotten into trouble before their arrests and usually, that's a huge factor to bails
Not only did they hide the car involved in the accident, they bought an exact replica, likely swapped the vin #, and kept it in plain sight this whole time.
Canadian Police: You will pay for your actions, this will haunt you for the rest of your life. Reality: The suspects were released on bond almost immediately and will more than likely get a light sentence.
It wasnt premeditated, intentional, etc. Zero chance life in prison would ever happen. Most murders or rapists dont even get life. You really didnt think this through, huh?
I taught at the high school in Fergus that the victim and his friends attended. The cloud of suspicion that hovered over those involved in the party was very unpleasant and totally without justification as it turns out.
How in the world can you live with yourself after knowing what you did? I would be inconsolable if I hit even an animal with a car, let alone a person. And to hide the car for 15 years!? That is beyond crazy to me. Heinous.
He was probably drunk at the time, which is why he didn't want to turn himself in. He got away with that part because they can never prove it. It's significantly less prison time if even any prison time if he weren't drunk and stayed at the scene. But hit-and-run is criminal, drunk or not. He is under high-suspicion of being drunk at the time, so I would guess he's highly likely to get whatever maximum prison time they can give him. My thought on his emotional state for the past 15 years is that he has probably been a nervous wreck and that car has been a Tell-Tale Heart for him.
I find it perplexing that they knew it was a certain make and model. Why couldn't they have checked their data base and narrowed down the vehicle to that residence? Was it lazy police work or that vehicle was registered to another address. We have pretty strict registration rules and regulations in Ontario.
In 14 years they didn't think to rent a backhoe, dig a pit and bury it? Report it stolen? Trailer it to a secluded lake and drive it in? Hell they had time to become a journeyman autobody mechanic and fix and paint it.
I wonder why the neighbors never told on them and I wonder why they were able to get released on bail. I don't think murderers should be allowed to be out on bail
Police knew the colour, make, model and year of the car and it sat a block away from the h&r, but it took them 14 years to find it. But they're not at all incompetent and useless.
Police rely on witness tips 99% of the time. Nothing more they could have realistically done, they can’t just go knocking down walls in any house they suspect is involved like in the movies.
Yep, they were spot on with the description of the suspect vehicle when the crime occurred. Seems reasonable that just neighborhood interviews would have very likely identified the suspects. Interesting and tragic circumstances.
@@glenistergrotj3022 the laws are flawed, it should be treated as murder. the only way to disincentivie callous behavior is to increase the penalty. in sinagpore the sentence for drug trafficking is death. the west needs to learn from the east
Didn't it occur to the driver and his/her accomplices that after ALL this time this will make their situation 100 times worse?? Belated condolences to his family.
He was drunk and there wasn't a sidewalk because it's a country road so he walked in the road probably so his outside foot would stop tripping up and going off the shoulder and he could walk easier
That’s crazy I remember seeing this fellas face on the news all those years ago, I’m glad they found those responsible for it hopefully his parents can get some sense of closure from this
Frankly, you'd think they would have done it within months of it happening... that should have been their absolute top priority in life at that point (from the perspective of a scumbag who wont take accountability).
@@someone-ji2zb Right - They went through the trouble of hiding the Neon but could have easily taken off all the parts that simply "bolt on" and trashed them individually, then just take a saw/grinder to the rest of it and hauled it away in bags.
So glad they got caught... because there were 💯 different ways to get ride of that incriminating evidence, the car, and they couldn't figure out any of them!
@@citypavement the make and model that they knew hit the kid. He said at the start of video the police knew that much. I actually suspect the police thought it was them but had no proof, so they played the waiting game.
Jesus, seems unlikely the perpetrator paid the insurance on that vehicle for the 14 years it was unused. If they knew the make, model and colour, why didn't they scrutinize all the vehicles that matched that description? If they had, they would have seen that one of them had the insurance either lapse or canceled with the associated VIN showing no sale or other transfer of ownership...
@dallas218 I matched the garage on the news broadcast with the Google Earth street view of the residence then went back to the earliest Google photo taken on street view.✌️
The amount of damage is incredible, they must have hit him at great speed. It's amazing that no one in the car was badly injured. The only reasons to leave the scene and hide the vehicle would be drunk driving, no licence or no insurance; my bet is DUI. How could you live with yourself, seeing those billboards for 14 years, and knowing you did it?
@@terranovarain6570 the driver was about 45 at the time. How did u dream up this theory that he stalked him from some high school party. In hindsight, this was a moronic theory, ya?
So much wrong with this case. Glad they were brought to Justice. Disgusting to think they had no conscience at all about what they did. Even at the time he could’ve been the same age as one of their kids, they saw the story on the news where they took a family’s child and went on with their lives. May they rot where they belong
I wonder if the police looked into how many cars matching the description were in the vicinity, and which owners weren't seen driving theirs since the accident.
I am beyond shocked that car wasn’t dismantled with a grinder and torch.
Same here. They had 15 years to slowly disassemble and get rid of that thing piece by piece
@@PhysicalEntity They guy was standing in front of a commercial truck too. My guess is he is a truck driver. So I would assume he had some technical knowledge on taking apart vehicles. Its not rocket science.
@wills5310 I put Ranch or Gravy...What do they put on them?
@wills5310 gravy, ketchup, Ranch, to name a few. What makes you think we don't know what to put on them?
You and a gazillion others!
My brother was hit and killed near Hickory NC not too long ago and the person never came forward. I just couldn’t imagine living with that on your conscious. Just heartless.
Sorry to hear that and for your loss. I hope the person is eventually found.
Crap that hit and runs does not have a conscience to bother them .
Try to make peace with your loss, my brother was taken from me 40 years ago, my problem is it was someone we know or have met, one road into the neighbourhood and out? (never solved) Sorry for your loss.
My condolences to you and your family.
Very sorry for your heartbreak.
I can’t believe they kept going about their lives driving past that billboard for 14 years. Unthinkable.
Not only that they had the car just sitting close by the whole time. That is 14 years of it just sitting there. In that time he could have took it apart piece by piece and got rid of it.
@@billfred9411 neighbors probably using it as leverage
Was it a murdercycle club
Then smirk every time because no one knows
@InternalxHDikr lol its literally one of human’s natural reactions
1:50 both seem very happy, and not haunted/bothered by the incident… 😒
They have neighbors. You're telling me that they never questioned the fact that their neighbor stopped driving the exact car the police were looking for right after it happened?! The fact that this took 14 years to solve, and the fact that they still had the car hidden that many years later, is just embarrassing.
Excellent point about the neighbors!
Very odd, indeed.
Did you see the property it was at? This isn't a suburban street where you can see your neighbour coming and going from their house every day and you can see everything that is parked in their driveway and garage. This is a rural area where you can't see all the vehicles on the property, you may not even be able to see what is parked right in front of the house. You certainly don't have an easy view of all the comings and goings.
Not only that, we have no idea how long they had the car before the accident.
Probably don't have neighbours
They clearly had neighbors according to the map.
I live in a rural community, much like theirs, and you definitely learn what your neighbors drive.
I have 0 respect for anyone that leaves someone dying. Think before you drink! You have everything to lose.
more important to get drunk then be responsible!!
What makes you think they were drinking?
Never mind what you take from someone else. Like their life, someones son, brother , friend etc..
@@JTYooper what made you think they were drunk? Cant be proven.
kinda goes without saying, i mean, would be weirder if you had any respect for leaving someone dying.
The victim has the kindest sweetest face in his photo. My sincere heartfelt prayers go out all of his family.
What do you mean he looked like a slob
Luke could make anyone laugh...even if they didn't want to.
It took 14 years to find the car and those driving it. They shouldn't be allowed out pending a trial, they should be held until trial or they'll simply disappear. Prayers and condolences to the family/relatives of the deceased.....
Those 14 years should be added to their sentences.
> "and those driving it.". That needs to be proven in a court of law. Anybody could have been driving it that night. Uncle, son, daughter, father, friend...
@@TEverettReynolds All they need to prove is that they knew about the death and went to great lengths to conceal evidence from authorities. That should give them a little prison time.
Should be death penalty
@CluelessGamer66but they should of been charged with murder. Right?
Heartless to hit someone and leave them there. Inhuman.
Unfortunately this act could only be committed by a human.
@@JamesHoffa1 cause chimpanzees and ostriches cant drive?
Kinda like the 2 teens did to the ex police officer in Las Vegas. Purposely ran him over & laughed about it
Dude I hit a deer once, I stopped and slith its throat, kept driving. You are correct
wtf looooool @@thestonecanoe3159
How could you live with not only knowing you killed somebody, but also the anxiety of sitting on half the crime scene for 14 years? Wow
The alternative is prison. Easy for u to say you’d do the right thing when you’re not in that position
@@brianh2834Bullshit. I’d do the right thing. If I hit and killed someone, I’d actually STOP. Not take off. Sure, it’s possible I’d get charged with something. But accidents happen, and I wouldn’t be put in prison for years. Leaving the scene however, is no accident.
@@Average_Ohio_Equinoxyou're only proving the point
@@brianh2834easy for you to say? Lol it’s easy not being a coward. But I guess you wouldn’t know right coward?
@@Bradfitz15 ok keyboard warrior
I remember the billboards and the posters that were put up around the area after this young man’s death. My own son was a teenager at the time and my heart broke for the family trying to bear the grief of their child dying alone by the side of the road. I’m glad that they have finally got some answers about what happened to him.
There are no words. My heart goes to his family who was forever broken by this loss 🙏🏻
Usually they do not show the faces of the criminals.
If only now the murderers will be put down.
Duded had this whole time to cut the car up you deserve to get caught
I believe that he passed but is still around and led the investigators to the location of the car that struck him.
What ever time they get, the 14 years they spent free should be added to it.
Yes yes yes.
HELL YES!!!
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I can't imagine that level of coldness. To leave someone for dead knowing you could've helped. To hide it for over a decade.
" could've helped" assumption
"I can't imagine that level of coldness" survival
i could live with not getting raped. how about you?
@@wolu9456 Avoiding being raped is different from HITTING SOMEONE WITH YOUR CAR AND DRIVING AWAY
@@wolu9456you actually thought you cooked there to lmao
The level of damage on that car, must have been an awful hit.
It's an 80 km/h road so they were most likely hit at that speed or possibly more..
It’s a neon basically the cheapest tin can car you can get
But he likely went up and over hitting the windshield, a higher chance of survival than going under. His only chance was if they stopped
@@HDTube101that was damage from a much harder impact than 80. The roof was caved in.
@@SirSpinalColumn Hence the words.. "Or possibly more" ?
I don’t understand. If they already knew the make, model and color of the vehicle, couldn’t they do a DMV registration search and cross check that against car owners in a certain square mileage of the incident? Just thinking out loud here…
that would be too easy, I guess
My very thoughts too. Wtf.
Was thinking the same thing. Perhaps this couple was investigated back in 2008 using the DMV info, but claimed they no longer had possession of the vehicle?
Yes, but because you own a vehicle doesn’t make you liable for what happens with it. If someone borrows/steals your car and commits a crime in it, it doesn’t prove you’re the driver. Now what happened here where they hid the car is a separate story. But most hit and runs go without an arrest because a vehicle crime without a witness is almost impossible to prosecute. You have to be able to prove the person you’re charging was DRIVING the car, not that they own it or had access to it
Dude, we're talking about cops,here.
How the hell are you keeping more or less a murder weapon on your property for over a decade that’s some next level huberous
"This will haunt you for the rest of you're life"
Those words NEVER age
Hey, then WHY were they released on bail and free to go????? Doesn't sound too serious and haunting to me, and many others.
Um you've never met a psychopath, they can't feel guilt
How many times did this couple drive by the billboards? I feel sick.
prob gave it a lil beep beep ill bet ?
@@DanKirchner5150…and high fived each other.
What exactly is a “false wall”? The news broadcast makes absolutely no attempt to explain what that means.
My uncle was walking to work in NC because his car was in the shop and hit and run. He died, and they never caught the person. I don’t how someone could live with not going to his aid, just leaving him to die alone in the road, but I guess some don’t care.
Glad this person was caught.
No souls
My uncle was hit n run by a drunk judge. When caught, he only had to pay for the funeral, and had to get a job in the next town over (lost job).
That’s terrible, but some of these mf’s would rather live free and out of jail than face the consequences.
@@franko8572That's not living free. Those are criminals with no conscience. Otherwise they would have spent the last decade and a half in a constant state of misery.
@@mattmarzula Free as in not in jail.
This is great news. Hopefully their life will change forever, just as Lucas' and his families had to change forever.
vigilantism is the only recourse available at this point. the courts will not offer justice
@@cagneybillingsley2165 Sounds like a perfect example for the next Saw movie
14 YEARS!!! Get a list of owners for that make and model car and start the investigation. But 14 YEARS?!?!?!?! The police are more to blame then the hit and run driver.
My brother was killed 7 years ago by a hit and run driver while walking home from work. The driver was never identified. It is a cowardly and shameful thing to do, I will never understand how someone could be so heartless. I hope this couple spends a long time in prison.
How do they live with that guilt?!
Sorry about your brother. Sorry about the injustice i hope your family is well.
What do u really expect though? If they’re even slightly intoxicated or have anything illegal in the vehicle, the punishment would be the same if not greater than it would be if they run and get caught later. Certainly not justifying, but pretending that it’s some unthinkable mentality is just ridiculous.
@@Kozycz It's unthinkable to me.
@@KozyczKind of sounds like you're justifying it. They'll get in trouble, it's okay to leave the scene. At least we know what you would do in this situation 🤡
The billboard was just outside their door as a constant reminder. They may have hidden the evidence but they had to live with that sign and I love that for them.
how could they drive by the billboard everyday and not feel torn and anguished.
They are vile humans.
this alone shows they need the maximum punishment possible, they drove past that billboard for 15 years and could care less@@Baebon6259
@@Baebon6259 It's easy when your daily life has not changed.
Not to mention the tell tale heart pounding away out in the trailer
As a trucker, you couldn't get rid of a small car in 14 years?
Released on bail after committing a murder and hiding the fact for all these years??? Really? What kind of justice can come from such lenient laws?
@@neilownzplus they're not guilty so yea. At least not yet
This is not a murder. Do you know what a murder is?
"Released on bail after committing a murder"
They are not accused of murder. In matters like this, it helps to be factual.
I remember a hit run case where the owner said his relative borrowed the car. Relative moved to another country.
Ask Biden
The sad part is that the person who got hit may not have been dead and could have benefited from prompt medical care. Even if he was dead, the driver owes to the deceased and family to stick around. May be he would have to time in jail, or probation depending on the circumstances.
@@NimsQuarloDo you happen to know what Canadian laws are in traffic accidents causing death? Look that one up.
Judging by the excessive damage to the car, I would assume he died instantly. So thankfully he most likely did not suffer.
@@NimsQuarlo It means the driver did the right thing for self preservation
Did you see the car? Looks like he got struck by a moose. He was deff going like 60. You get hit by a 60 mph car you aren’t surviving that
Looking at the damage to the car hood and roof ....He died instantly, and it's a pretty safe bet the driver and passenger were also injured.
14 years & you didn't chop that car up? You deserve to get caught.
You would have thought it would be pretty easy to find all the Dodge Neons in the local area in a few minutes on a computer.
Yes!
Exactly, something is fishy
Dude, I'm sure they did....and they told the police it had been stolen
@@80s_Boombox_Collector no excuse for being able to hide a compartment large enough to fit an entire vehicle inside the fixed dimensions of a trailer. some redneck hillBilly outsmarted the police.
That would have required real police work & something a 12 yr old could have figured out!
Mighty nice of them to hold on to the only evidence linking them to the crime. In 14 years, they really could have taken it apart and got rid of it one piece at a time.
A DNA test on samples taken from the vehicle, now having been pretty much perfectly preserved for all this time, will nail their asses to the wall. They kept the "smoking gun" all this time.
Glad they didn’t. Hope they are thrown in jail for the rest of their lives.
How does the Ministry of Transportation not account for that vehicle? Was it even registered to the suspects?
@@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7ooya really
@@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo
Y'all have a "Ministry of Transportation?" Did you guys say, "Hey let's name this government agency the most Orwellian name we can think of?"
Give them life in prison. Poor kid never got to live his life.
How did they know to search the property after 14 years?
That's the real question how did they even know to search inside their storage container
someone talked
I read another article somewhere that a family member of the defendants tipped the police off
@@mastiffmama6008 daaannngggg now that suckkkzzzz. 14 years is a long time, and they should have cut the car up, but maybe that family member didnt like him.... dang
@@snypa-ck7hn snitch probably
Rest in peace to the victim of this terrible hit and run. Let the punishments be swift and just for the two perpetrators.
This gives me hope they will find the person who killed my uncle and drove off.
I can not imagine living with that for 14 years, driving past both the scene of the accident and the billboard nearly every single day. You would have to be subhuman not to feel the guilt tear you up inside. I bet there's a part of them that feels some sense of relief that they can finally face justice and make whatever peace is possible with the family.
Passing the billboard for so long
I'm betting not
A pretty extreme case of narcissistic borderline personality disordered psychopathy.
I hope he lives out his days getting sodomized repeatedly
Nobody cares how they feel but I see what you mean. You assume they have a conscience and feel guilt but their actions show they may have felt superior to law enforcement for having gottena way with it for so long and each time you pass by that sign it is a reminder of a job well done.
well would you want to go to jail?
The Shortreed family has been part of the Fergus community for over 70 years. Its just crazy that this happened! Congrats to police for never giving up!
It's not that they gave up or anything it's just that literally couldn't do anything until more evidence came in. This has nothing to do with them not giving up. Lol
@@krislarsen6546buddy. They could've stopped searching years ago. 😂
@@krislarsen6546lOl
@@krislarsen6546that's not true. They could have looked at the registered cars in the area and then search the whole area for it.
@@austinhernandez2716 You really think they didn't do that? What an ego you have to think you're the only one who thought of this. The perpetrator of the hit and run bought a similar car and switched the VIN plates and license plates, and yes, that car was inspected by the police along with hundreds of other cars.
I remember this…. I saw it on the news in high school. I never forgot his face…. Poor kid. I’m glad they figured this out.
I heard about a case that involved a drunk driver hitting someone and leaving the scene. Years later, like 20 years later, he was drunk in a bar and started running his mouth about what he done and it lead to his arrest and conviction of manslaughter.
Im so confused the police knew they had the description of the car but why don't they call any dealers near by that sold that type of car and see if the owners still have them and check if it had damages..
@@Sa.d.bo26or just check registration records
Was there no statute of limitations?
@@Redsnapper123 Nope, not in Canada.
This doesn’t make any sense to me. Police initially stated they were looking for a Dodge neon. I don’t understand how they didn’t turn up this location from a search of Dodge Neons in the area. They lived right near the scene of the accident. Can anybody explain this to me?
I'm sure the police did that, but the owners told them it had gotten stolen. At that point, what can they do? Get a search warrant? Maybe the judge turned it down.
Police can’t search your property just because you own a certain vehicle. There’s not enough probable cause. They’d have to have reason to believe it was them outside the make and model of the car.
@@Ash-kb9hn They absolutely can search your property when they’re investigating a crime and your car fits the description.
supposedly it wasnt registered to them, a 98 neon was beater status by 2008, who knows what they were doing with it
@@Cutlass_Rudd I haven’t seen any information on that yet, but I guess we’ll find out when it gets to court.
They kept that car for 14 years and never thought to cut it up and get rid of it? I guess we have to be thankful their complete stupidity got them caught in the end.
I'd have used it as my daily driver. Hide it in plain sight.
OUT ON BAIL!!!!! DISGUSTING!!!
"Progressive Liberalism"
Welcome to the Canadian "justice" system ! been this way for decades !!
@@glennhankins6927 It has nothing to do with liberals, dummy. It's a provincial highway traffic act offense. If you were paying attention you'd notice our province isn't run by liberals.
@@SirManflyno worries you family is on the way to gulag soon. You will be poor and poor have no rights
How can anyone hit a person and just act like nothing happened?? I don't get it. They must not have any kind of conscience.
They were probably drunk/very high at the time of the incident
So imagine you hit a person who dies in the accident. And then what? Nobody will turn himself in and just deliberately live in prison for the rest of his life.
@@testtor2714
I definitely wouldve turned around to see if I could help who I hit.
You never know, they could still live if help arrives fast enough.
And if they died, I'd have to turn myself in. Depends on how many years I'd receive in jail as to whether or not I'd commit suicide.
But I have too much compassion and empathy to live happily knowing what I did if I didnt turn myself in and suffer the consequences of my actions.
@@ZeldaplusSmallvillehaving a concious is tough.
its cananda what do you expect?
I have a lot of questions. Was the car not registered? How the hell could the cops just narrow the search down to those cars and have everyone with that type of vehicle account for it?
how do you live in country and not teach your kid how to walk down hwy?
These ppl are trash mfers but the kid would be alive if he was walking against traffic instead of with it
sounds like cops called in a false annonymous tip
got judge to rubber stamp it
You think they’re just gonna go to every person with that make and model car and start asking if they were involved in a hit and run? Lol come on
@@obeseperson uhhh...yea
@@fr3shSwag Exactly. Go the DMV get a list of the owners of the car model and start the investigation process. It's murder for god's sake,
Surprises me that the driver of the vehicle didn't dismantled it with over a decade to do so.
How did they think was dodge neon from the beginning?
@@codyjanus-cg2wk There were probably parts of the car still at the scene when they drove away
Or fixed and resprayed it.
@@TheGramophoneGirl It looked too badly smashed to be fixed, and of course they couldn't take it to any garage or body shop without everyone immediately spotting the car wanted by the police, so they just hid it from view.
@@BobBombadilsmart, why didn’t I think of that
how did the neighbors not know there was a car matching the description that close to their houses
Not only that but they no longer saw it
Small town, big secrets.
Nobody cares , that's why
Because it's a very rural area
It's a rural property, the car was well hidden, and they bought a decoy car that was the same as the original
Imagine walking in the MIDDLE of the road and getting hit by a car in the middle of the night who would have thought it was possible
Californians think 20 year olds are toddlers
Glad they were caught. You would think that if you removed one component per week over a 14 year period the car would have been dismantled and vanished to never have been discovered.
I hate to say it, but I was wondering the same thing.
Definitely component that would had identify the car. Vin and other major parts like the engine.
I wouldn't even want it anywhere around me because it would remind me that I killed someone. But they kept it like it was a trophy.
They essentially made a evidentiary time capsule instead of getting rid of the evidence in time.,
As much as I am glad they were caught, I can't help thinking the same thing. Quietly cut it up and dispose of it in unidentifiable pieces.
I couldn't have tolerated doing this and not doing something about it. Even if I panicked at the time of the accident. How can you go to sleep having done this?
Send them to jail for life. They hid evidence for 14 years and were running the whole time.
Same age as me. He would have been 33. Condolences to the family and friends and I’m happy they found the vehicle.
BIRD!
You know, the circumstances that led to his getting hit would have likely exonerated this guy. It was night, and from the video it suggested the victim was walking in the road, not on a shoulder. If he had called for help, or if his wife had called for help - who knows? Lucas Shortreed may have gotten the emergency care he needed, and lived. But they didn’t *care* about this young man’s life, or his family’s pain. *That* makes them monsters.
Even if Lucas had still passed away, they may not have been charged if they had stayed and called for help since the victim was walking in the middle of the road at night. From the sounds of it they aren't actually being charged with anything to do with the hit, but in covering it up and leaving the scene.
They all might have been at that party . Most likely all intoxicated. He was driving home and hit him in road and he probably thought I'm drunk and ill go to prison for 30 years . Now he most likely will spend the last 15 years of his life in prison and dying in prison. The wheels of justice turn slow but once your in then it begins .
Don't call them monsters or YT will ban you .
They are stupid. Not only they ran away from an accident they are in no fault, they kept the evidence in one piece for 14 years. They deserve to be in jail for the rest of their lives.
Probably drunk tho
No way to determine who owned a Neon within 1,000 miles?
I know right
Cops dropped the ball on that.
Guess the locals aren't as adept as the detectives in movies and TV shows.
@@Flussig1well then why didn't you step in and help if you're so smart? How did the cops drop the ball?
@@IanHotson Vehicle registration records, easy enough to check
Whats crazy is they had 14 years to make that car disappear piece by piece and held onto it anyways
It’s shocking they were released on bail not long after their arrest . The courts are really behind on trials . I hope they had their drivers licences suspended immediately. Glad the victims family got answers for their son.
This trial should go to the front of the line, the family and the public should demand it......
If you've paid any attention to the direction of the justice system in this country, it shouldn't be surprising in the slightest.
@shelbyseelbach9568
And if you listened to the charges brought against them, they aren’t even being charged with a hit and run yet. Just hiding, concealing evidence.
They aren’t serious enough charges to warrant whatever it is you think this country should do. It’s what they can prove, not what we think happened.
You think suspending murderers driver's license will stop them driving?
Probably got bail because aside from this case, they've probably never gotten into trouble before their arrests and usually, that's a huge factor to bails
Not only did they hide the car involved in the accident, they bought an exact replica, likely swapped the vin #, and kept it in plain sight this whole time.
You had 15 years worth of time to get rid of that car… how stupid.
Canadian Police: You will pay for your actions, this will haunt you for the rest of your life.
Reality: The suspects were released on bond almost immediately and will more than likely get a light sentence.
not the cops fault they released
Abolish the bail
Bond.
Welcome To Canada..
@@terrynichols3627 Somebody needs to have a private chat with the crown attorney.. lol..
The fact that they went to such lengths to cover up the car tells you they have no remorse. Lock them up and throw away the key.
It wasnt premeditated, intentional, etc. Zero chance life in prison would ever happen. Most murders or rapists dont even get life. You really didnt think this through, huh?
lol murder is at least life in prison google it. minimum sentence for murder in most countries is life @@srobeck77
I could not imagine living 14 years with that guilt on my conscious and I'll never be able to understand how the suspects could.
only reason he was probrably drunk ..why would anyone leave
Drugs
Maybe because the alternative is life in prison and still having it on your conscience?
cause they are cowards
I taught at the high school in Fergus that the victim and his friends attended. The cloud of suspicion that hovered over those involved in the party was very unpleasant and totally without justification as it turns out.
I've been to Fergus. How sad this all is. Certainly for high schoolers at the time.
How in the world can you live with yourself after knowing what you did? I would be inconsolable if I hit even an animal with a car, let alone a person. And to hide the car for 15 years!? That is beyond crazy to me. Heinous.
Weird energy
@@velzun8075 If you're referring to me. I *am* a weirdo. :P
@@velzun8075weirdo energy
He was probably drunk at the time, which is why he didn't want to turn himself in. He got away with that part because they can never prove it. It's significantly less prison time if even any prison time if he weren't drunk and stayed at the scene. But hit-and-run is criminal, drunk or not. He is under high-suspicion of being drunk at the time, so I would guess he's highly likely to get whatever maximum prison time they can give him. My thought on his emotional state for the past 15 years is that he has probably been a nervous wreck and that car has been a Tell-Tale Heart for him.
@@terrylewis_yea weirdo
Bail shouldnt have been offered for a murder case
I find it perplexing that they knew it was a certain make and model. Why couldn't they have checked their data base and narrowed down the vehicle to that residence? Was it lazy police work or that vehicle was registered to another address. We have pretty strict registration rules and regulations in Ontario.
Yes.?????
because are not smart these days
cops are not
It's canada not America
correct, like why wouldn’t they query a list of cars in the area that didn’t have their registration renewed that matched the description?
In 14 years they didn't think to rent a backhoe, dig a pit and bury it? Report it stolen? Trailer it to a secluded lake and drive it in? Hell they had time to become a journeyman autobody mechanic and fix and paint it.
These days the cops just check who owns such a car and visit every house to look at your car, difficult to get away with that now.
@@stellaluuk2713You would think they would have done that on day 2.
... or dismantle / crush it.
Yeah put it on a flatbed take it to another state and find a wrecking yard. Justice finally came to their doorstep.
No matter what you do if it's done in the dark it will come to light one day
I wonder why the neighbors never told on them and I wonder why they were able to get released on bail. I don't think murderers should be allowed to be out on bail
Police knew the colour, make, model and year of the car and it sat a block away from the h&r, but it took them 14 years to find it. But they're not at all incompetent and useless.
Ikr
Police rely on witness tips 99% of the time. Nothing more they could have realistically done, they can’t just go knocking down walls in any house they suspect is involved like in the movies.
Yep, they were spot on with the description of the suspect vehicle when the crime occurred. Seems reasonable that just neighborhood interviews would have very likely identified the suspects. Interesting and tragic circumstances.
Wow 14 years later they're out on bail. Our system is a disaster.
Liberals.
they would get a worse sentence for not wearing a mask
Don’t be stupid. They’ll serve the time later instead. If they were kept on remand it would just be deducted.
@@betsybarnicle8016bs
@@betsybarnicle8016 doesn't work any better under conservatives
Fourteen years and they kept that car.... stupidity at its finest. Allowed out on bail is even more stupid.
Crimes like this should compound. To cover it up for this long. They both deserve life in prison.
*laughs in Canadian justice system*
You’re right, though. No disagreement here.
Considering the trouble they went to to hide that car, are they not worried the suspects might run?
14 years and he never got rid of the vehicle? Really?
how can they be out on bail , thats murder they should
be spending time behind bars my hearts go out to the family
Welcome to Trudeau's version of Canada. Yes, this is ALL on him !
Unless it was intentional, it’s not murder. It’s called manslaughter.
@@tonyfulford3175 There you go turn it political - even though you are inaccurate!
@@glenistergrotj3022 the laws are flawed, it should be treated as murder. the only way to disincentivie callous behavior is to increase the penalty. in sinagpore the sentence for drug trafficking is death. the west needs to learn from the east
@@stever2583 You love a dictator, eh?
Didn't it occur to the driver and his/her accomplices that after ALL this time this will make their situation 100 times worse??
Belated condolences to his family.
Hahahah yeah 100x worse as in out on bail and sentenced to 5 years out in 2.
Explain how exactly it is worse.
@@sharktooth7966 the court system of canada does not offer justice. only justice can be derived from individuals.
@@stuwest3653because they preserved the evidence so well
Yeah but they got to enjoy the prime years of their lives
What a coward, absolute coward. I hope they lock him up and toss the key.
Why was he walking
in the middle of the road?
He was drunk and there wasn't a sidewalk because it's a country road so he walked in the road probably so his outside foot would stop tripping up and going off the shoulder and he could walk easier
i’m so happy they were caught, justice for the family ❤
Released on bail. What a joke the Canadian justice system has become.
It about to get worse. You plebs are getting your favorite strong arms. Your country decline has come
Wouldn't a search reveal a vehicle registered in the area ?
That’s crazy I remember seeing this fellas face on the news all those years ago, I’m glad they found those responsible for it hopefully his parents can get some sense of closure from this
It's amazing how they can even find suspects so long after it happened
its amazing thy can get bail after not being honest about it
the evidence is still there. someone dumb just never got rid of it.
@@Black-PeterJewish lawyers. Jewdicial system , everybody gets off
Technology advances make things easier to figure out
its amazing it took 15 years for the massive budget police to find a car
It's amazing to me that for 14 years he didn't get rid of the car? He could have taken it apart piece by piece in that amount of time.
Frankly, you'd think they would have done it within months of it happening... that should have been their absolute top priority in life at that point (from the perspective of a scumbag who wont take accountability).
@@someone-ji2zb Right - They went through the trouble of hiding the Neon but could have easily taken off all the parts that simply "bolt on" and trashed them individually, then just take a saw/grinder to the rest of it and hauled it away in bags.
I said the same thing they were idiots
so dude was walking in the middle of the road and got hit?
These non-humans deserve the harshest sentence possible !! How could they get bail when they’re an OBVIOUS flight risk !!
Innocent until proven guilty
Now, the accused face humiliation and disgust from their friends and family.
Is that enough though a child is gone forever hopefully they get significant time in jail
harsh words and stern looks, the canadian concept of justice and deterrence.
im pretty sure thats the least of there worries!
How do you hide a car behind a false wall in a trailer? Im actually asking.
Why are you asking? You build the wall, in the trailer. It isn't rocket science.
Park the car. Build a wall behind it.
You also buy another neon that looks exactly the same , as they did, so nobody in your area suspects it's you..
How some can be such cowards...
Its a mystery
So glad they got caught... because there were 💯 different ways to get ride of that incriminating evidence, the car, and they couldn't figure out any of them!
glad they got caught, kind of made me think why the driver didn't dismantle the car...
Unbelievable...these suggestions to help these killers, kind of
14 years? Didn’t even try to take it apart or even paint it over? Very dumb
Why didn’t the police do a search for that car on the DMV registry?
At the least they would have found local cars fitting that description.
What car, the one behind a wall they didn't know about?
@@citypavement the make and model that they knew hit the kid.
He said at the start of video the police knew that much.
I actually suspect the police thought it was them but had no proof, so they played the waiting game.
I'm surprised they didn't break the car down into pieces over time and get rid of the scraps one by one.
14 years and these two idiots didn't take the car apart piece by piece, to get rid of it....oh no, just let it sit there, waiting to be found intact
Jesus, seems unlikely the perpetrator paid the insurance on that vehicle for the 14 years it was unused. If they knew the make, model and colour, why didn't they scrutinize all the vehicles that matched that description? If they had, they would have seen that one of them had the insurance either lapse or canceled with the associated VIN showing no sale or other transfer of ownership...
As sad and tragic this story is, Why was he walking in the middle of the road? According to the re-enactment.
Didn't the cops check vehicle registration and know who had a same car ?
For crimes like this, when the suspect is able to evade justice for so long, they should have all that time added to their sentence.
That car is on Google Earth street view sitting in the driveway of that residence back before the accident
Love it. Nice.
Did u google search this or
@dallas218 I matched the garage on the news broadcast with the Google Earth street view of the residence then went back to the earliest Google photo taken on street view.✌️
Why was the victim walking in the middle of the road?
The amount of damage is incredible, they must have hit him at great speed. It's amazing that no one in the car was badly injured. The only reasons to leave the scene and hide the vehicle would be drunk driving, no licence or no insurance; my bet is DUI.
How could you live with yourself, seeing those billboards for 14 years, and knowing you did it?
Modern cars are designed to fold like paper to lessen the impact. Forget the term.
Or it was intentional
Did say kid was leaving a party 😢
@@oz_jones not the roof, the roof is made to stand a rollover. The front and rear contain crumple zones to absorb impacts.
No heart really
@@terranovarain6570 the driver was about 45 at the time. How did u dream up this theory that he stalked him from some high school party. In hindsight, this was a moronic theory, ya?
So much wrong with this case. Glad they were brought to Justice. Disgusting to think they had no conscience at all about what they did. Even at the time he could’ve been the same age as one of their kids, they saw the story on the news where they took a family’s child and went on with their lives. May they rot where they belong
I don't believe justice was served. 2.5 years. That's not a sentence.
In the local landfill.
That car would have been long ago cut up and taken to scrap in pieces, and patted out.
I wonder if the police looked into how many cars matching the description were in the vicinity, and which owners weren't seen driving theirs since the accident.
Yes, they did. And they examined hundreds of vehicles