UPDATED Wednesday, March 17, 2010 --- 10:45 a.m.

Press Release from the Dane County Sheriff's Office:

Madison, WI. March 17, 2010 – March 29th will be the two-year anniversary of the Hit and Run death of 40-year-old John Kauffmann, on US Highway 51 in the town of Windsor. John was killed when a gray Chevrolet pick-up truck went through a stop sign, striking his Chevrolet Camaro. His wife, (and passenger), LeAnne Kauffman, was injured, but survived the tragic crash.

For nearly two years, Dane County Sheriff’s Detectives have continued to work on the case. The detectives are confident that their suspect, Abraham Miranda-Arreola, fled after the crash, and now they’re reaching out to America’s Most Wanted to help them find him. Miranda-Arreola is wanted on one count of Hit and Run Resulting in Death, and one count of Hit and Run Resulting in Injury.

For more on the story, visit the AMW website at:

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=71517

Local tips on Miranda-Arreola’s whereabouts can also be left anonymously on the Dane County tip line at (608) 284-6900 or with Madison Area Crime Stoppers at (608) 266-6014.

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UPDATED: Friday --- April 4, 2008 -- 12:20pm

He is wanted in a fatal hit and run and until now -- all we have had to go on is a name.

Police have finally released a mugshot of Abraham Miranda-Arreola.

Authorities believe Miranda-Arreola fled the scene Saturday night of a crash he reportedly caused by running a stop sign.

John Kauffman of Pardeeville was killed. He was returning home with his wife, after having celebrated their anniversary that night.

Miranda-Arreola is from Waunakee.

If you have information, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 266-6014.

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UPDATE: Tuesday, April 2, 2008

Co-workers of local man killed in a hit and run crash on Saturday want justice. But, the man investigators suspect of causing the deadly wreck is missing.

"You hear about things like this every day. This one really hits home because we're used to John walking in with that great big smile on his face every day," Dan Shoemaker says.

It seems 40-year-old John Kauffman had plenty of reasons to smile.

He'd worked at this Peterbilt dealership in DeForest for more than 10 years.

"Donned the name pigpen after he started here 'cause he was a little bit messy in his early years," Shoemaker says.

But, boss Dan Shoemaker considered the Army and National Guard veteran one of the most dependable employees.

"He was always the one to show up in a snowstorm., two wheel drive
Camaro there'd be 13 inches of snow," he says,

"John was always the one you could count on to show up and he didn't have the excuse that he was stuck in the snow or didn't have 4WD to get here."

Shoemaker says on Saturday night Kauffman was headed back to Pardeeville after going out to dinner with his wife.

"They were out celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary," Shoemaker says.

It would be their last anniversary spent together. Around 9:00, the sheriff says a Waunakee man named Abraham Miranda-Arreola struck Kauffman's car, killing him and injuring his wife.

"We do have a detective assigned to the case. We're working with the District Attorney's office in hopes of drafting charges to place a warrant out for his arrest," the sheriff says.

Investigators say Kauffman was headed north on 51 when the suspect ran this stop sign. They say Miranda-Arreola then took off on foot but left his truck behind.

"Hopefully this person will show up. You know be a man about what you did. Turn yourself in, you were wrong and if anybody else knows where he is, who he is -- help us get a hold of him," Shoemaker says of the suspect.

The sheriff says people living in the area helped investigators search nearby fields but found no sign of the suspect.

"We have notified federal officials as well to assist us in the outside chance that he may be attempting either to leave the state or leave the country," Sheriff David Mahoney says.

"Business is business. We can all pick up and carry on and go on because that's the way the world is structured, but you know ... John's no longer with us and that's a hard thing to accept," Shoemaker says.

The sheriff says Kauffman's wife has been released from the hospital. He says Miranda-Arreola also is married lives and works in Waunakee but is originally from Honduras.

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Update: Monday, March 31, 2008 -- 12:00 pm

Authorities are looking for a 31-year-old Waunakee man in connection to a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend.

The Dane County Sheriff's Department says Abraham Miranda-Arreola ran a stop sign at the intersection of Highway 51 and DM Saturday night in the Town of Windsor.

Investigators say he hit a car and then ran away.

40-year-old John Kauffman of Pardeeville was killed.

His female passengers is being treated for serious injuries.

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POSTED: Sunday, March 30, 2008 -- 9:30am

The Dane County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly hit-and-run.

It happened just after 9pm Saturday in the Town of Windsor.

Deputies say a 40-year-man was killed on US Highway 51 when a pick-up truck ran a stop sign at County Highway DM.

The driver of the pick-up ran off.

The man was taken to UW Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A 40-year-old woman, a passenger in his car, suffered serious injuries.

Authorities are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

No names have been released.