ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Multnomah County, OR

The Kestrel Homicide (1971)

Unsolved homicide from 1971 in Multnomah County, OR. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

What the public web says

Searching the public web for this case…

Loading priority…

Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1971

    Body discovered near Kingfisher Bay; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1972

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.

  3. 1973

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

Community leads
1 filed
nightdesk1 day ago

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

53 agree

Sign in to read the leads investigators have filed on this case.

Loading investigators…

Checking your membership…

Discussion

Comments from investigators

0 comments