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Missing

Bertha Burkholder

Year
1992
Where
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Burkholder was last seen at her home in Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 27, 1992. Her husband was the last person to see her. He stated she packed a suitcase and some clothes and left their apartment sometime after 11:00 p.m., while everyone else was asleep. She has never been heard from again. She was reported missing by out-of-state relatives in early January 1993. Burkholder left behind two young daughters.…

From the Virginia State Police cold case database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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