Arrest at 4900 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON AVENUE on 03/26/2025 10:30 AM

Type: Arrest

Date: 03/26/2025 10:30 AM

Description: OBSTRUCTING OFFICER; WARRANT - MUNICIPAL COURT

Address: 4900 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, Charleston, WV

Case Number: 12

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Area Missing Persons

Name

Gerald Smith

Missing Age

Est. Current Age

Last Seen

Charleston, WV on 11/05/2015

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Height: 5'10" - 6'1" Weight: 175 - 180 lbs

Case Number

MP50475

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Area Cold Cases

Name

Cleo Burdette

Age

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Cold case spotlight on august 13, 2004, cleo burdette was beaten to death in his on home. The victim's sister found him the next morning after he didn't answer her phone call. Investigators found broken windows, a cut phone line and a ransacked home and believe robbery may have been the motive. Mr. Burdette was a cattle farmer and had sold a number of cattle at auction the day he was killed. Several witnesses reported seeing a red or orange toyota truck near mr. Burdette's residence. There is a $10,000 reward being offered by the family in this case. If you have any information about the 2004 unsolved murder of cleo burdette you are asked to please contact the kanawha county sheriff's office at (304)357-0169.

Agency

Kanawha County Sheriff's Office

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