Tonja Harry was 19 when her body was found in the Columbia Slough at West Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on July 9, 1983. She was identified as a Black/African American female. Her death became one of several unsolved homicides from that era that left the city and her family without answers for decades.

The investigation into Harry’s death went cold for many years as detectives followed leads and collected evidence that did not yield a suspect. In October 2015 authorities arrested 55-year-old Homer Lee Jackson and charged him with multiple counts of aggravated murder, alleging forensic evidence and other investigative information connected him to the deaths of Harry and three other women: Essie Jackson, Angela Anderson, and Latanga Watts.

Does anyone have information about Tonja’s life in Portland in 1983 or recall seeing anything near West Delta Park around July 9, 1983?