Jay Andrew Rickbeil, 40, was found dead in his Portland, Oregon apartment on July 2, 1991. A paraplegic who lived on Social Security benefits, Rickbeil was described as generous and open; he followed a New Age spiritual path and often welcomed strangers into his home, at times offering money or companionship. His roommate discovered him after he had been attacked with a blade and bled to death from a slashed throat.

Rickbeil had invited a man named Sebastian Alexander Shaw into his apartment. Shaw, who had recently been fired from his job and was reportedly resentful, was later identified as the suspect in Rickbeil’s killing. Shaw was subsequently linked by DNA and witness identification to other violent crimes, and investigators tied him to multiple killings in Oregon and California.

If anyone knew Rickbeil, his routines, or remembers visitors to his building around June–July 1991, please share information that could clarify what happened.