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Bernd Goricke

Case from Chetwynd, British Columbia dated Oct 02, 1983

Victim Details

Bernd Göricke

Male

White / Caucasian

Chetwynd

British Columbia

1983

26

Bernd

Goricke

10/01/2026

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Bernd Göricke, a 27-year-old White/Caucasian man from West Germany, was traveling through Canada with his fiancée, Andrea Scherpf, in the fall of 1983. Although some records have circulated with differing dates and ages, the stronger case record identifies Göricke as 27 and places the killings in early October, most likely on or about October 3, rather than October 1. The couple had been hitchhiking across Canada when they reached northeastern British Columbia and are believed to have a ...
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