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Bennie Lee Hedgmon was a 47-year-old African-American man who died after a daylight assault in Portland, Oregon, on the afternoon of May 15, 1995. The attack took place at about 4:25 p.m. at the intersection of North Jessup Street and Albina Avenue. Several witnesses reported seeing an unidentified African-American male physically assault Hedgmon; emergency medical services transported him to a hospital, where he later died. An autopsy ruled the cause of death severe trauma from the assault.

At the time he was living on pension and Social Security benefits and had been seen leaving his apartment shortly before the attack. Witnesses described the assailant as an African-American male about 5 feet, 10 inches tall with a shaved head. Despite multiple witnesses and the public location, the suspect was not identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Portland area around North Jessup and Albina in May 1995 see or remember details that could help identify the attacker?