David Grubbs, 23, was found brutally killed along a bike path near Hunter Park in Ashland, Oregon, on the evening of November 19, 2011. A woman riding her bicycle discovered him; paramedics first suspected a gunshot but closer examination showed deep slash wounds to his neck and near decapitation. The murder weapon, thought to have been a machete or a sword, has never been recovered.

Grubbs worked as a clerk at the Shop n Kart grocery store and was described as friendly and well liked. Investigators interviewed many of his friends and acquaintances but identified no immediate credible suspects. The witness who found him reported seeing an unidentified man leaving the area but could not provide a description.

Authorities later named Christian Delaurentiis as a person of interest; Delaurentiis had lived in the Ashland area at the time and has an unrelated 2012 conviction for a separate murder and dismemberment. Specific links between him and Grubbs’s case have not been disclosed. A reward of more than $21,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone knew David or has information about that night, please come forward.