Julia Annabell Armstrong, a 59-year-old Portland resident born September 12, 1920, was beaten to death during a home invasion on August 5, 1980. Her home was ransacked in the attack. Armstrong was the third known victim in a violent crime spree carried out in Oregon and Washington by 25-year-old William Perry Jackson and his accomplice Gary Allen Smith.

Earlier attacks in the series included the May 21, 1980 abduction and stabbing of 45-year-old janitor Calvin Toran in Portland and the June 11, 1980 robbery and beating of 74-year-old Hazel Wilson in Vancouver, Washington; Wilson died of her injuries three days later. After Armstrong’s murder the perpetrators, joined by an 18-year-old Michael Anthony Butler, committed additional killings before being arrested on August 22, 1980.

Jackson was later convicted on multiple counts including murder, rape, and kidnapping and received life sentences in both Oregon and Washington; Smith was also convicted and sentenced to life without parole. Does anyone have information about Julia Armstrong or remember her neighborhood in Portland?