Reward offered in case of crash that killed UGA student

There is a $10 thousand reward in the case of a crash that happened almost a year ago in Barrow County, a wreck that claimed the life of a 23 year-old University of Georgia student from California. UGA psychology major Beth Buchanan was killed in the February 13 2023 wreck on Highway 316. The Sheriff’s Office in Winder says the driver of the car that hit her—identified as Cesar Raudales, 27 years old—left the scene and remains at-large.

From WSB TV…

Investigators are now offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a man accused of killing a UGA student in a crash last year.

The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened on University Parkway on Feb. 13, 2023. Deputies said Cesar Raudales, 27, hit another car head-on.

The woman in the other car, identified by the Athens Banner-Herald as 23-year-old Beth Elaine Buchanan, was killed. Buchanan was working on a Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Georgia, according to the Banner-Herald.

Raudales drove away from the scene.

Deputies describe him as a Hispanic man who is 5′8″ and 165 pounds with black hair and green eyes.

Buchanan graduated as the valedictorian from her California high school and graduated summa cum laude from Rice University in Houston. She was nearing the end of her second year as a graduate student.

Anyone with information on the case can submit a tip anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online www.StopCrimeAtl.org or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637). Persons do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $10,000.

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