Fifteen-year-old Robert ’Bobby’ Gutkaiss was last seen on June 30, 1983, after finishing his first day of work as a berry picker at Pease Farm in Stephentown, New York. Witnesses saw him walking north along Route 22, reportedly heading home. When he did not return that evening his mother reported him missing and a search began.

Robert’s decomposing body was found eight days later, on July 8, 1983, off a logging road near East Road, about seven miles from his home. His death was ruled a homicide and investigators at the time believed he may have been sexually assaulted. The New York State Police conducted an extensive investigation and interviewed many people, but no arrests have ever been made and no suspects have been publicly named.

The case remains open and periodically receives renewed requests for public assistance. Does anyone who lived in the area in 1983 or who knew Bobby have information that could help investigators now?