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Kevin Meik's family doesn't want the community to forget that the retired Salt Lake City police officer's murder case is still unsolved.

Meik, 63, was found shot to death in his Sandy home a year ago Thursday. But with answers still elusive, Meik's family held a candlelight vigil outside Sandy City Hall on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary, and in hopes of stirring up new leads.

"Meik's homicide is still an open investigation that is currently being investigated," said police Sgt. Dean Carriger. "It hasn't been moved aside. It's not a cold case."

Meik's family had been "kind of prepared for finding him gone because of his heart issues," his daughter Karen Schultz said last April, "but the murder, it's a totally different creature."

The morning of Jan. 29, 2014, Meik failed to meet a friend, so his family called the police. When officers arrived at his home, at 9032 S. Waters Circle (1515 East), a family member took them inside, where they found Meik dead from a gunshot wound IN the head.

There was no sign of a break-in, and, at first, investigators thought the death may have been a suicide. But further investigation proved that the wound was not self-inflicted.

Sandy police sent several items from Meik's home to the state crime laboratory for forensic testing, but Carriger could not comment Thursday about whether or not those results have come back or shed any light on the case.

Given how long it's been since Meik was a policeman — he retired in August 1988 for medical reasons — nothing in the case so far seems to be related to his law enforcement career, then-Sgt. Jon Arnold said last April.

Schultz last saw her father the day before he died. He looked well. They had made plans for the weekend.

Meik had not only returned to Utah from where he had been living in Arizona and was seeing his family several times a week, Meik also had returned to his Mormon faith.

Michael Fierro, a fellow retired Salt Lake City officer, last saw Meik about two weeks before he died, when they ran into each other at church. Before that, Fierro had not seen the man for more than a decade.

"I initially was surprised to see him there; likewise, he was surprised to see me there," Fierro said last year. "We kind of chuckled about that. It was a very, very warm greeting and it was nice to see him."

During his 14-year tenure at the Salt Lake City Police Department, Meik worked undercover in the narcotics and vice squads. He was also instrumental in starting the burglary alarm unit, according to his obituary.

"I have no doubt whatsoever that whoever had the audacity to slay Kevin will be found; if not now, then later," said Diane Powers last April. Powers was a dispatcher when Meik was at the department.

"The integrity in all of the officers I've known through the years, no matter the jurisdiction, will never let a fellow brother's death go unresolved," she said.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Sandy Police Department through dispatchers at 801-799-3000.

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Candlelight vigil for Kevin Meik

A candlelight vigil to remember and honor Kevin Meik, who was murdered a year ago on Jan. 29, is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Sandy City Hall, 100 W. Civic Center Drive (10000 South)

Meik was an officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department for 14 years before retiring for medical reasons.

He was killed by a gunshot at his Sandy home.

Vigil organizers are hoping to spark new leads in his case by reminding the community that the case remains unsolved.