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Paula F Burke 1963 - 1976

Paula F Burke of Chittenango, Madison County, NY was born on November 20, 1963 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, and died at age 12 years old on October 1, 1976. Paula Burke was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Chittenango, Madison County.

Paula F Burke

Paula Florence Burke, Ticky

Chittenango, Madison County, NY 13037

November 20, 1963

Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States

October 1, 1976

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Paula Florence "Ticky" Burke was born to Gilbert Madison "Bud" Burke (1917 - 1988) and Marie Amelia Cecelia Jawesh (1921 - 2007). Both of her parents were born in the state of New York. On September 29, 1976, "Ticky", age 12, hitchhiked to her father's diner in Canastota, New York. She was with a nineteen year old friend, Teri Fuller. Ticky and Teri arrived at the diner safely and when they left, they planned to hitchhike back to their homes in Chittenango, New York. They never arrived at home. Their fully clothed bodies were later found by a hunter in Eaton New York. Both girls had been shot. See Autopsy shows gunshots killed 2 youths. As of May, 2021, the case of the girls' abduction and murder is stilled unsolved, although police have a suspect, who is linked to two other killings of young women. The suspect died in 2009. See Who killed Central New York woman in 1973 remains a mystery.
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1963

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November 20, 1963

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Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Paula was Caucasian. Both of her parents were born in the state of New York and her paternal line goes back four generations in the state.
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A native of New York state, Paula spent all of her 12 short years in the state.
Early Life & Education

Paula was a student when she died at twelve years old.
Professional Career

Only twelve years old when she disappeared and was murdered, Paula was a student.
Personal Life & Family

On a missing poster, Paula was described as "5 feet 3, weighs 99 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes".
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October 1, 1976

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Oakwood Cemetery in Chittenango, Madison County, New York 13037, United States
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Kathy Pinna

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04/17/2023

Who killed Central New York woman in 1973 remains a mystery

The following was published on May 5, 2021 on syracuse.com, written by James McClendon:

Oneida Castle, N.Y. — It’s been nearly 50 years, and state police are still searching for answers in the mysterious 1973 death of an Oneida County woman. The mystery started on July 26, 1973 when Martha Louise Allen’s grandfather reported her missing after she left their 9th Street home in Oneida Castle, according to a news release issued by New York State police this week.

More than three weeks later on Aug. 17, Allen’s partially decomposed body was found by a boater in Black Creek near the Verona Beach State Park, police said. Allen — who was 21 years old — was last seen by her grandfather at about 8:30 a.m. on July 25, before he left the home for a trip to the Syracuse area for the day, troopers said. She was wearing red, white and blue striped shorts, a lavender-colored tank top and thick-rimmed glasses, according to the release. She had brown hair and brown eyes, troopers said.

The 5-foot-3, 120-pound woman was later seen by neighbors at about 7:10 p.m. on July 25, 1973 walking through Village Park in Oneida Castle, according to The Post-Standard archives. Investigators later had reason to believe an Oneida County business owner, Donald Sigsbee, may have been involved in Allen’s death, after an index card with her name was discovered at the man’s cabinet-making business two years later, according to the archives. The card was discovered during an investigation into the murder of 19-year-old SUNY Morrisville student Regina Reynolds in 1975, according to the archives. In 2004, Sigsbee was found guilty of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Reynolds, according to the archives. State police investigators found that Allen and Sigsbee knew each other, according to the archives. Sigsbee had made Allen — who was interested in Egyptian artifacts — an Egyptian-style sword, according to the archives.

Sigsbee also was a suspect in the deaths of three other young girls — Teri Fuller, 19, of Chittenango, Paula Burke, 12, of Chittenango, and SUNY Cobleskill student Kathy Kolodziej, 17, of Ronkonkoma, Long Island — in Central New York between 1974 and 1976, according to archives. Those cases are also still unsolved, according to archives.

Sigsbee died in 2009 while serving a 25-year-to-life sentence at the Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, according to New York State prison records. He was 74 years old when he died.

Troopers ask anyone with information about these deaths to call state police at 315-366-6000.

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04/17/2023

Autopsy shows gunshots killed 2 youths

The following article is from The Times Herald Record, written on October 18, 1976 and can be found on page 2:

Oneida (UPI) - An autopsy done Sunday on bodies believed to be those of two Chittenango youths missing since late last month showed they had died of gunshot wounds, state police said. The badly decomposed, fully clothed bodies, tentatively identified as those of Teri Fuller, 19, and Paula Burke, 12, were found Saturday by a hunter in a field in the Madison County town of Eaton.

Troopers said the pair were last seen September 29 in a village of Canastota diner owned by Miss Burke's father. They said the two hitchhiked to the diner and apparently planned to hitchhike back to Chittenango. Police said medical records would be used to try to establish positive identification.

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Paula F Burke 1963 - 1976

Paula F Burke's History: 1963 - 1976

Introduction

Birthday

Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Professional Career

Personal Life & Family

Death

Gravesite & Burial

3 Memories, Stories & Photos about Paula

Paula Burke's Family Tree & Friends

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