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Hit-and-run driver who killed metro Detroit man remains on the loose

Posted at 9:35 PM, Jan 17, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-18 13:36:39-05

The search is on for the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run that happened over a year ago in Macomb Township.

Kevin Fletcher had just turned 29 years old, and he was leaving work at PF Chang's at Partridge Creek.

It was a nice enough day for him to ride his bike back and forth. He was riding it at Hall Rd. and Romeo Plank when he was hit.

"There was a Jeep Cherokee going north on Romeo lank. The Cherokee had the light, green light, he went through the intersection," Det. Sgt. Melissa Stevens said. She's in the Major Crimes Unit for the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. "Whoever the driver was was speeding excessively. Kevin went through the intersection and the Jeep hit him and they took off."

Deputies say there were witnesses and they did try to help Kevin, but police say the witnesses said there were no signs of life.

Fletcher was a devoted son, father, and engaged to Katie Somers.

Three days after he was killed, Somers found out she was pregnant. She can barely speak about what she lost and what he isn't around to see.

"I've never been treated like that before," Somers said. "The awesomeness, just from the beginning."

"I bet my baby would have been so happy to have him a little girl," Kevin's mother, Cottrell Jackson, said.

Deputies say they are looking for a 2005-2007 Jeep with a khaki metallic beige color. If you have any information, please call them.

Somers wanted to give him one last message.

"Thanks for being the best person you could be to us," Somers said. "A great father, you always provided for us, and, I just feel terrible that his life ended so soon."