Sara Lynea Burke was 19 when she was fatally stabbed in Bremerton, Washington, on the evening of May 3, 2011. An honor roll student at Renaissance High School who planned to study Early Childhood Education at Olympic College, she was walking to her boyfriend’s house near Warren Avenue and Eighth Street at about 9:30 p.m. when witnesses reported hearing an argument and screams; she was found on the sidewalk and pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly ruled out robbery and sexual assault and at first considered a possible link to two other local stabbings: a nonfatal attack in June 2011 and the February 2012 killing of Melody Brannon. Police released a composite of a person of interest described as a light-skinned Black male, but in early 2014 detectives identified a different person of interest specifically for Sara’s case. That new lead did not produce enough evidence for an arrest, and no suspect has been publicly named.

Sara’s murder remains unsolved. Does anyone who was in downtown Bremerton that night or who knew Sara have information that could help bring answers?