GA David Carl Bertsche, 47, body found on logging road, throat slit, Taliaferro County, 25/9/1992

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Unsolved Homicide: David Carl Bertsche
Unsolved Homicide: David Carl Bertsche

David Carl Bertsche


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Case Info
''Incident date: Fri, 09/25/1992 - 12:00
Location: Body Found : 1.5 miles down logging road off Highway 278 about 4 miles east of Crawfordville in Taliaferro County
Weight: 175 lbs
Height: 6'
Hair Color: Reddish Blonde
Sex: Male
Birth Range: 47
Mr. Bertsche's body was found by loggers entering area to cut trees. He was fully clothed and his throat had been cut. Located about 100' from the body was his 1989 Maroon Ford Taurus, similar to the one shown right, which had been burned. Victim had been attending a tax seminar in downtown Atlanta during the week of Sept. 21 and was last seen by neighbors at his residence in East Point Thursday evening, September 24, 1992, the night before his body was found.

Hgt: 6'
Wgt: 175 lbs.
Hair: Reddish Blond
Other: Wore Glasses
Occupation: Accountant with the Southern Company
Location: 1.5 miles down logging road off Highway 278
about 4 miles east of Crawfordville in Taliaferro County
Taliaferro County is located on I-20, 100 miles east of Atlanta and 50 miles west of Augusta.

There is a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of person(s) responsible for the death of David Bertsche.

Anyone with information on the death of Mr. Bertsche is asked to contact:

Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Thomson, Georgia
706-595-2575 (days)

or

The GBI Tip Line at 1-800-597-8477 (anytime)''

 

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Most GBI investigations are lengthy, officials say
By Travis Highfield Posted Jan 23, 2016
''Death cases are particularly time-consuming because the investigation can lead agents in virtually any direction. Assistant Special Agent in Charge Steve Foster used the 1992 death of David Bertsche in Taliaferro County as an example. Bertsche was an accountant with Southern Co. and was found with his throat cut. His death remains unsolved.

“There’s a personal life angle, there is a personal relationship angle, there is a corporate angle and there is the random angle,” Foster said, adding that the case file is about five volumes thick. “It’s like that with unknown homicides. You have a dead victim and you have no idea who the killer is. People only kill for certain reasons.

“What we’ll do on an old cold case like that is occasionally review it to see what in the case could be followed up on now that wasn’t followed up on back then.”

Sometimes there’s another person who could be interviewed, Foster said. Recently, he was able to use the latest in DNA testing technology to eliminate a possible suspect in the Bertsche case.''