For the past two decades, Bruce Halow has had to live not knowing who was responsible for the death of his younger brother.
New technology not previously available to Thunder Bay Police Service officers has revitalized the efforts in a 26-year-old hit and run case that resulted in the death of 20-year-old Kip Halow. People passing by discovered Kip’s body around 2 a.m. along Vickers Street and Weigand Avenue.
Police say witnesses at the time reported to have seen car driving away.
Paramedics took Kip to McKellar Hospital where he later died.
Wednesday marked the anniversary of the incident but Kip’s older brother, Halow said to him it felt like it just happened yesterday. He said they still have hope that the case will be solved.
“He was a really good kid,” Halow said. “I don’t know how the (person responsible) can live with himself. (Kip) worked hard and was kind hearted. He would do anything for anybody. We were good friends my brother and me. We got along well. He and I worked together.”
Kip and Halow’s older sister, Kim acted as the bigger sister and watched over her brothers, which she said she enjoyed doing.
“I had a good time with (my brothers),” she said.
Det. Insp. Phil Levesque said things have changed and they now can take another look at evidence found at the crime scene. At the time, police found metallic red painted chips on Kip’s clothing. Police closed off the area where the incident happened for a few minutes to do a reconstruction of the scene.
Besides relooking at evidence, Levesque said police are also hoping witnesses who didn’t come forward when the incident happened will do so now and help provide a clue to solve the case.
“Kip was only 20 years of age when he was killed and we feel there may be persons out there that spoke to police at the time but didn’t relay all of the information or there were person who weren’t interviewed,” Levesque said.
“We’ve contacted the family and I think they were a little surprised after all these years because I think this is the first hard look that our services have taken since it happened. It’s really difficult for them to have this out there. They lost their son at a young age but we don’t know who’s responsible for his death.”
