Name: Bertha Louise Burke
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 20, 1970
Location Last Seen: Port Angeles, Washington.
Date of Birth: May 16, 1940
Age: 30 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130-140 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Bertha Louise Burke disappeared in late February of 1970 from her Port Angeles home, leaving her three young children in their house. Foul play is suspected. At the time of her disappearance, she was in the process of getting a divorce from her husband, and at the time he was a person of interest to police.
In 2003, FBI experts using ground penetrating radar searched the driveway of Burke's former home on East 13th Street and a parking lot on East Eighth Street, the former site of Burke's husband's business. Cadaver dogs sniffed the locations for human remains but found nothing. Police have no further searches planned.
Agency Name: Port Angeles Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Sgt. Tyler Peninger
Agency Phone Number: 360-452-4545
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1992-4188
NamUs Case Number: 25714
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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