- Suspect: UNKNOWN/UNSOLVED (Driver, 2015 Ford truck, with a missing mirror and front-end damage)
- Victim: Kevin Poirer
- Charges: n/a
- Status: Unsolved; police seeking public’s help in finding suspect
- Date of incident: March 27, 2020
- Type of incident: Hit and run
- Agency: State Police
- Location: Highway 14, outside Santa Fe County Detention Center, Santa Fe County
- Magistrate case number: N/A
- District case number: N/A
Summary
Kevin Poirer, 45, of San Diego, was allegedly killed following a hit-and-run near the Santa Fe County Detention Center, on Highway 14, on March 27, 2020, around 10 p.m. State Police are actively seeking the public’s help to find the alleged killer and his or her truck.
The hit and run
According to a press release from Officer and spokesman Ray Wilson, State Police detectives are looking for a 2015 Ford truck, and its driver, which allegedly hit and killed 45-year-old Kevin Poirer around 10 p.m., March 27, 2020, as he walked down Highway 14, near the Santa Fe County Detention Center, which he had just been released from.
The truck fled the scene after hitting Poirer. The truck is described as having front end damage and a missing mirror. The truck hit Poirer near near mile post 43, Wilson wrote.
Wilson spelled Poirer’s last name as “Poirier.”
Although Poirer was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital, he died from his injuries, he wrote.
“The investigation indicates Poirier (sic) was walking south on Highway 14 and was struck by what investigators believe to be a south bound 2015 Ford Pick-up Truck,” Wilson wrote. “After striking Poirier, (sic) the truck fled the scene. The truck will have front end damage and will be missing a mirror.”
According to a booking sheet from the Santa Fe County Detention Center, Poirer was booked on March 26 at 2:27 p.m. and released the following day, March 27, at 8:25 p.m., before he was hit around 10 p.m. It is not clear, from State Police, when the initial call was received.
Poirer was booked on a failure-to-appear warrant, according to the booking sheet.
According to a court docket, Poirer was initially arrested on a charge of breaking and entering on Dec. 9, 2019.
The Albuquerque Journal reports Poirer allegedly “pried open the doors to a Best Western hotel,” where police found him inside, and he told police he “just wanted to warm up.
Jail staff refused to admit him to the jail because of “severely infected” arm wounds, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
Wilson wrote that anyone with information should call State Police at (505) 841-9256, option 0, and tell the dispatcher they have “information related to the Highway 14 hit and run.”
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