BREMERTON—
Police, family call on community to come forward and help catch her killerWe brought Washington's Most Wanted to Bremerton because of a brutal murder that's still unsolved.
On May 3rd, 19 year old Sara Burke was stabbed to death on the sidewalk of Warren Avenue - one of the busiest streets in the city - her killer has still not been caught.
This was a young girl loved by many, who wrote on her Facebook page, "If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart... forgive them."
Her family is finding it hard to forgive whoever killed her, like Summer Burke, who's still struggling to cope with the death of her little sister. "A beautiful smile. She's so sweet. She mended my heart when it was broken. I miss her so much. I want to know why. I want her back."
Her father, Chester, says they called her their 'peculiar treasure', for her sense of humor. "She's just a wholesome person. She loved everybody. She`d go out of her way to help you."
He says the bubbly 19 year old made friends easily, and her family can't understand why someone stabbed her to death - a crime Bremerton police have nine detectives working to solve, including Lt. Pete Fisher, who was on scene shortly after Sara's murder around 9:30 that Tuesday night. “As we piece together the timeline, we know fairly quickly that she was coming southbound from the end of the street, and she was walking to her boyfriend`s house that evening.”
Sara’s family says she was in her usual good mood that day, talking about getting her driver's permit so she could take her dad to work. Summer got two texts from her sister that evening: One at 6:30, the other right before her death. “She texted me at 9:29pm and she said, ‘Summer, answer your phone. I need to talk to my big sister’, and I received that at 10:02pm.”
What she wanted to talk about is a mystery - another piece of the puzzle for detectives. “We`re documenting everything we can about Sara`s life, their life, the relationship and any interactions they had or information they had that could help us solve this case.”
One relationship they're taking a close look at is with her ex-boyfriend. Summer says, “My heart tells me that she knew who it was. That they knew her. She wouldn`t stop and argue with somebody.”
Lt. Fisher tells us solving her murder is the police department’s top priority right now, but an arrest can’t come quick enough. They are looking at every single piece of information they have that they believe is key to this case, and will continue to do a thorough job to make sure they catch Sara`s killer. So far, they've talked to more than 100 people, but believe there are still individuals out there with critical information, making a plea to the public to call detectives if they were friends or had any type of relationship with Sara.
Her teary-eyed father makes the same plea to the public. “She didn`t deserve what she got, and we as a family need to solve this case. We need it more than anything. So, if anybody has any information, please come forward and let`s stop this from every happening to somebody else`s child.”
It's time for anyone with information on her murder to break their silence. You can call either the Bremerton police tip line, or Crime Stoppers:
BREMERTON POLICE TIP LINE:
(360) 473-5481
CRIME STOPPERS:
1-800-222-TIPS
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