Guilty Conscience leads deputies to shallow grave

Investigators are keeping the identity of the caller a secret right now, but they say the information he’s providing is proving to be accurate.

Investigators received a call Friday morning letting them know where a body was located and who allegedly did the killing. The caller says he kept it a secret for almost eight years, but he finally had to tell someone.

According to investigators, the caller says he witnessed the killing of the victim back in 1992. The tip led Investigators to a wooded area north of 20th street in DeFuniak Springs where the body was buried in a shallow grave.

59 year old David Earl Rafuse of DeFuniak Springs is charged in connection with the killing. Walton county sheriff’s deputies have charged Rafuse with an open count of murder.

Investigator Rick Sutton said the body was buried over three-foot deep in the ground. It was too deep for any animals to detect it so the area has been contained.

Investigators believe it was two blasts from a shotgun that killed the victim but are waiting on an autopsy for the official cause of death. Investigators think the victim may have lived in Panama City at the time he was killed.

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