David Widlak's disappearance: A timeline of events

The murder of bank president David Widlak not only remains unsolved, but family members are quietly concerned that we may never know who fired the shot that killed the 62-year-old Grosse Point Farms resident.

It began as a disappearance in mid September, as our timeline shows. But the night that Widlak walked out of the Community Central Bank in Mt. Clemens, where he was CEO, his wife Anne and other relatives were all hoping for a simple explanation.

It would be a month before Widlak’s body was found four miles away near a boat launch in Harrison Township. Macomb County medical examiner Daniel Spitz claimed his autopsy showed no trauma and was therefore inconclusive. But the Oakland County ME, L.J. Dragovic found Widlak had been shot in the back of the neck, and concluded the death was an execution style murder.

September 19: 62-year-old David Widlak disappears.

September 20: Widlak’s cell phone is used, but it’s not clear what for.

September 21: Widlak’s wife Anne pleads for help in finding her husband or, if he left on his own, for him to return home.

September 30: Widlak’s wife, friends and family offer a $10,000 reward for finding her husband. She believes he’s likely a victim of foul play.

October 17: At 7:00 PM, duck hunters discover Widlak's body off Jefferson Road near Ballard in Harrison Twp.

October 18: Macomb County Medical Examiner Dr. Daniel Spitz says the cause of death is “inconclusive.”

October 20: Oakland County medical examiner finds a bullet hole in Widlak's head that the Macomb County’s medical examiner missed, coming from a .38 caliber handgun belonging to Widlak.  The gun was found by divers six feet from the body dump site.

November 10: Macomb County Commissioners will question Spitz regarding his examination of Widlak.