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Reward Offered for Information in 2016 Murder Case in Burke County

A cash reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest in a nearly seven-year-old murder case in Burke County. The Burke County Sheriff’s Office is still searching…

Daniel Phalon Triplett

Reward Offered for Information in 2016 Unsolved Murder Case

Burke County Sheriff's Office

A cash reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest in a nearly seven-year-old murder case in Burke County.

The Burke County Sheriff's Office is still searching for the person or persons responsible for the death of Daniel Phalon Triplett in 2016.  Triplett's body was found on H. Berol Road at Middleground Road in Waynesboro on December 28 that year.  He had been shot at least one time.   Triplett's body was found by personnel from the Department of Natural Resources.

The case has never been solved and investigators are still asking for information leading to an arrest in the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Burke County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division at 706-554-6633 or the Sheriff's Office at 807-554-2133.  Callers can remain anonymous.

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.