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Steven Stead, 58, was found dead on June 19, 2015, lying face down in a ditch off 14th Avenue NE on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Investigators determined he had been shot in the back of the head. Stead, a disabled man from Marysville, supplemented his income by selling prescription pain medication and had arranged to meet a man known as Mikey that day to collect a $48 debt.

Stead’s daughter had taken him to a pain clinic that morning; later he was picked up by Mikey and briefly visited his son’s house, with Mikey waiting in a car. After Stead disappeared, his children received texts from his phone that seemed unlike their father’s; one message instructed his daughter to deliver his medication to Michael Stowell. Police identified 30-year-old Michael Stowell as the prime suspect. Searches of Stowell’s car and home reportedly found a large bloodstain and pill bottles in Stead’s name. Stowell was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and later pleaded guilty, admitting he killed Stead during a robbery and received a 25-year prison sentence.

Are there details about Steven’s movements that day or anyone who knew Mikey that could help clarify what happened?