WA - Theresa Bergman (Found Deceased) and Charles Bergman (husband) - didn't arrive home to Moses Lake - 18 Sept 2022 *Arrest*

Agreed. While it seems unlikely, we could still be looking at a carjacking/abduction, and that footage could show CB pulling money out of an ATM at the direction of another person.

Possible, but if they think he was abducted, I think they’d say so, they’d clarify where and when the ATM withdrawal was done to narrow the timeline and that he could be in the company of someone armed and dangerous and the public should use caution and don’t engage if they see him with someone else.

I wonder if he actually was seen at home on Sunday morning and he took off again.
 
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Wow, I did not expect to see this news. I really thought they'd gotten disoriented/sleepy while driving and had crashed in a remote place not visible from the road.

RIP Theresa. I hope Charles is located soon. Many unanswered questions. Perhaps the ATM photo location will point authorities in the direction of his travels.
 
I wonder if Charles parked when he picked Theresa up at the airport? Or did she text/call him and he picked her up curbside? If he parked, he would have to pay to park, or walk a mile and across a highway for the free parking. You take a ticket at a gate when you park, even if it's late at night, and there isn't an attendant. There's a bar that's down until you take it. Once you leave, there's another gate you leave, and you feed the ticket into a machine which reads it. The bar doesn't come up unless you pay. How much you pay depends on how long you've been parked. It can get pretty expensive. After a certain time of night, there isn't an attendant. There are many parking lots, some are covered, others are not. Regardless, there has to be plenty of cameras around the airport. It wouldn't surprise me if LE has asked for the footage. It also wouldn't surprise me if there are cameras at the parking gates too. Maybe they could see whether there was an extra "passenger" with them. I'm not believing that they were carjacked/kidnapped, but it's a possibility.

Why they would hang a right and drive a fair distance to the middle of no where, there are several possibilities. Bathroom break, intimate time, a place to sleep away from the highway are the more harmless ones. Obviously didn't end that way. Could've driven there to leave her body, thinking it would take awhile for it to be discovered. Except harvest is still going on here in Whitman County. Wheat is done, but there are still garbanzo beans to be harvested. Not sure what goes on in Lincoln County as far as crops, but there are plenty of farmers out and about at this time of year, so leaving her where she was found was pretty stupid. Thankfully.
 
We have so little to go on at this point. I wish LE could give us something else as a clue.
All we have is a description of the car and a photo on the missing person, Charles.
We do know Theresa was located deceased but we have no real timeline, no idea about how she died, no information about any other personal possessions that may have been found with her, such as her phone. We have no surveillance video from the airport.

I can't even find out where Theresa had been before her flight landed at the airport.
My sleuthing skills must be diminishing.
 
From the official Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office page on Facebook:

09/23/22 11:33 hours

*UPDATE*

A nation-wide extradition arrest warrant has been issued out of Lincoln County Superior Court for Charles Bergman under the suspicion of Murder in the first degree relating to the death of his wife, Theresa Bergman, whose body was discovered in rural Lincoln County on 09/22/22.

We are asking for the community’s help in locating Charles Bergman who was last known to be driving a silver 2013 Chevy Impala with Washington license plate # BLU5395. Bergman should be considered dangerous and should not be approached, but we request anyone with information on his whereabouts contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 509-725-3501 or dial 911.
 
Nationwide extradition warrant for murder has been issued against CB in the death of TB.
 
Nationwide extradition warrant for murder has been issued against CB in the death of TB.
I’m absolutely gutted for the family, especially her poor daughter having to process all of this. I hope he’s found and caught soon. I truly thought they’d end up lost, I didn’t see this coming.
 
From the official Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office page on Facebook:

09/23/22 11:33 hours

*UPDATE*

A nation-wide extradition arrest warrant has been issued out of Lincoln County Superior Court for Charles Bergman under the suspicion of Murder in the first degree relating to the death of his wife, Theresa Bergman, whose body was discovered in rural Lincoln County on 09/22/22.

We are asking for the community’s help in locating Charles Bergman who was last known to be driving a silver 2013 Chevy Impala with Washington license plate # BLU5395. Bergman should be considered dangerous and should not be approached, but we request anyone with information on his whereabouts contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 509-725-3501 or dial 911.
Well that begins to answer some questions. I wonder what evidence convinced LE to get the warrant for Charles vs thinking it was a carjacking? Maybe the ATM pic was of him getting money from Theresa's account?
 
I saw this from onset which might say something sad and jaded about me! The second I read the caption under the ATM photo I knew he was on the run- I think there must have been an ongoing fight that resumed after her trip as opposed to premeditation.. Moo
So so sad for her family, sending some love their way in hopes they are able to process and grieve this tragedy :(
 
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I suppose I was wondering if this was a planned trip for Theresa or one that was unexpected. I question if it was a visit to see a friend or to attend a workshop. Maybe it was a trip to see family. Was it a trip that Charles didn't want her take?
I am trying to get a handle on what precipitated the events that followed.
 
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From the official Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office page on Facebook:

09/23/22 11:33 hours

*UPDATE*

A nation-wide extradition arrest warrant has been issued out of Lincoln County Superior Court for Charles Bergman under the suspicion of Murder in the first degree relating to the death of his wife, Theresa Bergman, whose body was discovered in rural Lincoln County on 09/22/22.

We are asking for the community’s help in locating Charles Bergman who was last known to be driving a silver 2013 Chevy Impala with Washington license plate # BLU5395. Bergman should be considered dangerous and should not be approached, but we request anyone with information on his whereabouts contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 509-725-3501 or dial 911.
So now we know.

The picture of CM at the ATM was a huge hint as to what was going on, now it's trying to figure out why he would want to kill his wife.

CM will be well aware that the police are after him, i'm wondering if he is considering self-harm?
 
I wonder if LE already know that Charles has left the state - since they have issued a "nation-wide extradition arrest warrant"? It seems to me that they should let the public know where Charles was last known to be. He has family in Florida.
Perhaps the ATM he used was in the next state over.

/JMO
 

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