On the morning of July 11, 1999, 41-year-old Linda Lincoln of Portland, Oregon, reported to friends that she had been robbed and beaten by two African-American men near Northeast 17th Avenue and Alberta Street sometime between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. She arrived at a friend’s house around 9:30 a.m., visibly shaken and complaining of pain in her neck and jaw. Despite friends’ pleas that she stay because of her injuries, she insisted on leaving and was known to be carrying a substantial amount of cash.

About an hour later, at approximately 10:50 a.m., emergency responders found Lincoln slumped over the steering wheel of her car at North Borthwick Avenue and Prescott Street. A bystander was performing CPR when paramedics arrived and transported her to Emanuel Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The money she had reportedly been carrying was missing when police searched her vehicle and person. An autopsy determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Lincoln never appears to have filed a formal police report about the earlier assault, and no arrests had been made. The case is assigned to the Cold Case Homicide Unit, which is offering a cash reward for tips that lead to an arrest. If anyone knew Linda, saw her that morning, or has information about the reported robbery and her death, please come forward.