Robert T. Duncan, 50, was found stabbed to death near the flagpole outside Sunnyside School in Southeast Portland on the morning of September 16, 1991. He arrived for work before dawn that day; he had been a longtime custodian for Portland Public Schools and cared for his disabled wife at home. Neighbors heard screams and called 911 and school police officers discovered him at the campus.

Investigators quickly noted Duncan’s wallet was missing and later recovered several blocks away. Multiple witnesses described someone running from the school in dark clothing; others specifically reported a heavy-set woman, about 25 to 28 years old and roughly 5 feet 3 inches, in dark attire—possibly a blue security-style jacket with an emblem—seen discarding an object later identified as Duncan’s wallet before walking toward a gas station lot at SE 39th Avenue and SE Belmont Street. Despite the eyewitness reports and recovery of the wallet, no arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Sunnyside area at that time see or hear anything that could help piece together the early-morning timeline?