In early summer 2003 the remains of 48-year-old Jose Socorro Chavez were found in Hillsboro, Oregon; his body was located in June near the 5100 block of NE Belknap Court and his death was ruled a homicide. Chavez was a Hispanic migrant worker who had been homeless and had at some point sought shelter at the Portland Rescue Mission. Investigators found his life hard to trace because he used several aliases and different dates of birth, and authorities were unable to locate any family members to help reconstruct his final days.

The case remains an open cold case with no arrests and no publicly identified suspects. Does anyone who lived or worked in Hillsboro or the Portland Rescue Mission area in 2003 have information that could help piece together Chavez’s last movements or identity details?