In the early morning hours of June 6, 1991, 38-year-old Beryl Leroy Haynes was found on Portland’s Burnside Bridge appearing intoxicated and with blood on his clothing. Officers asked him to sit on the sidewalk and called for paramedics when the injuries were noticed. While being taken to the hospital Haynes told officers he had been stabbed by five Hispanic males on the bridge. He died at the hospital and his death was ruled a homicide.

Witnesses reported seeing Haynes chase a Hispanic male in his twenties across the bridge; that man reportedly met two or three other Hispanic men, also in their twenties, and the group assaulted Haynes before fleeing in different directions. No arrests have been made and the investigation remains open.

Anyone who was on or near the Burnside Bridge that night or has information about these men is asked to come forward.