UNDATED (WSAU) — A solved crime from Portage County will be featured on a television series Tuesday night.
The Discovery Channel’s Investigation Discovery show will feature the conviction of Michael Hayden for the death of former Kolbe & Kolbe trucker Pat Zemke. Zemke died when he was shot while sleeping in his truck cab on the Highway DB northbound off ramp November 18th, 2003. Jurors found Hayden guilty of stealing Zemke’s wallet. Prosecutors had said that Haydon killed Zemke out of mistaken identity, wrongly believing that Zemke was having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.
Former detective and newly elected sheriff Mike Lukas was part of the team that recovered hundreds of pieces of evidence from Zemke’s truck. It was one of those clues that pointed detectives to Hayden.
Investigation Discovery is scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock.
