Don Joseph Burt, a 25-year-old California Highway Patrol officer, was killed on July 13, 1996, in Fullerton, California. He was conducting a traffic stop on Nutwood Avenue when the driver’s suspended license prompted an impound. Officers found forged payroll checks and counterfeit traveler's checks in the trunk. When Officer Burt questioned the suspect, the suspect produced a 9 mm handgun and shot him six times. A safety vest prevented those shots from being immediately fatal, but the suspect then approached Burt on the ground and fired a seventh, fatal shot to the head.

The suspect stole Officer Burt’s service weapon and keys and fled in Burt’s patrol car. He was later apprehended in Houston, Texas. The investigation uncovered the suspect’s criminal history and attempts to have witnesses and the deputy district attorney murdered. The suspect pleaded guilty to federal murder-for-hire charges and to the murder of Officer Burt; on June 23, 2000, he was sentenced to death. Officer Burt’s wife gave birth to their son two months after his murder, and his father, also a CHP member, and other family in law enforcement were deeply affected by the loss.

Did anyone in Fullerton or the surrounding area know Officer Burt or have information about the traffic stop that day?