This is Part 2 of a four-part MLive investigation into the killing of an unidentified man whose body was found by a 9-year-old boy on a remote Jackson County hill in 1986. The case quickly and quietly faded from public view, even after authorities ruled it a homicide. Nearly 40 years later, the victim has been identified, and police have renewed their efforts to find the killer.
Part 1 of this series is available to read here.
In 1986, 25-year-old Robert “Bob” Lee Stuewe was a blond-haired, ponytail-wearing, Bob Seger-loving veteran with acne.
He was staying in a friend’s Ann Arbor basement and working in town as a line cook at Mountain Jack’s, a popular steakhouse…