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WELLINGTON COUNTY – According to a public report included in a County of Wellington committee agenda, the white Dodge Neon that struck and killed Lucas Shortreed in 2008 was found hidden behind a false wall inside a disabled trailer on a Mapleton property last year.
“The white Dodge Neon recovered at the scene with significant damage was located inside a disabled semi-trailer behind a false wall,” the report said. “This Neon has been confirmed by the Centre of Forensic Sciences as being the vehicle that struck and killed Lucas Shortreed.”
OPP recovered the vehicle during a search warrant last September.
The couple charged in relation to the incident, David and Anastasia Halliburton, are scheduled to appear in a Guelph court on Sept. 26 to offer pleas on several charges.
Shortreed, 18 at the time of his death, was walking home from a party along Wellington Road 17 around midnight Oct. 10, 2008 when he was struck and killed by an unknown vehicle that fled the scene.
The Wellington OPP 2022 Year End Report by detachment commander Steve Thomas, going forward at a County of Wellington police services board meeting Wednesday, stated the white Dodge Neon police had been seeking in relation to the hit-and-run death of Lucas Shortreed had been recovered from a trailer during a search warrant at an address on Sideroad 21 in Mapleton.
Police always knew they were looking for a white Dodge Neon. Acting on a tip from the public, they discovered the vehicle in September, 2022, following a search of the Halliburton property on Sideroad 21 in Mapleton.
David Halliburton, 55, was charged with fail to stop at scene of accident involving bodily harm or death, obstruct justice, knowledge of unauthorized possession of a weapon and careless storage of a firearm.
Anastasia Halliburton, 53, was charged with accessory after the fact to commit indictable offence and obstruct justice.
The full detachment commander’s report can be found on the Sept. 13, 2023 police services board agenda.
