After a shocking court case, here's how Lucas Shortreed's family wants to remember him
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Lucas Shortreed’s mom considers the Friday before Thanksgiving the anniversary of her son’s death.
Lucas Shortreed’s mom considers the Friday before Thanksgiving the anniversary of her son’s death.
The 18-year-old was walking from a party in Alma to his home in Fergus on that night 15 years ago, when he was fatally struck on the street in a hit and run.
“For me, it’s always the Friday of Thanksgiving that’s his anniversary,” Judie Moore, Lucas’ mom, said in an interview with CTV News.
“I had the day off and we were moving. That’s when I got the phone call. Then the Saturday I always kind of replay having to go to the hospital and then the police interviews and stuff like that. So [Friday] is much more connected to that time than the actual day for me.”
Lucas technically died on Oct. 11, 2008.
For years, there were no answers in his case. That changed in 2022, when a tip led police to the home where the car that hit him was hidden.
In September 2023, the people responsible for his death were sentenced.
