ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Multnomah County, OR
The the rail yard Killing (1980)
Thaddeus Rader was killed near the rail yard in Multnomah County, OR in 1980. The death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.
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- 1980
Passers-by discovered the victim near the rail yard shortly after dawn.
- 1982
The file was moved to inactive status when leads ran out.
- 1987
A cold case unit re-interviewed surviving witnesses.
- Recently
Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.
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