Public’s Help Sought in Locating Hit and Run Suspect

Juan Carlos Reyes-Vasquez
Juan Carlos Reyes-Vasquez

The Starke County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect in Sunday’s fatal hit-and-run crash in North Judson. He’s identified as 26-year-old Juan Carlos Reyes Vasquez. Authorities believe he was driving the SUV that struck and killed 57-year-old Michael Keller Sr. on Dawn Drive early Sunday morning. Autopsy results indicate he died of multiple blunt traumatic injuries to his head and chest. The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy has ruled his death a homicide. Anyone with information about Vasquez’s whereabouts is asked to call the Starke County Sheriff’s Office at 574-772-3771.