On the evening of June 27, 1994, 39-year-old Lavell Clayton Thomas, known on the street as Twin, was found with a fatal stab wound lying in the street on Southwest 2nd Avenue between Southwest Burnside and Ankeny in Portland. Paramedics arrived about 8:30 p.m. but were unable to resuscitate him and he died at the scene. Thomas was known to frequent the Old Town area and had a criminal record.

Witnesses reported seeing Thomas shortly before the stabbing with two white males in what appeared to be a drug transaction. Descriptions were given to police: one suspect, described as a white male in his 30s about 6 feet 1 inch with scruffy brown hair, was possibly named Dale; the other was described as a white male in his 30s about 5 feet 9 inches with brown or black hair covering his ears. Neither man has been positively identified and no arrests have been made.

Investigators say people who know the suspects may exist. If anyone has information about the two men seen with Thomas that night, please come forward.