Paula F Burke

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.