Norbert Henry Gilles, 68, was found shot on the floor of his bedroom in early August 1987 in or near Aurora, Marion County. Reports give the discovery date as August 4, 1987, while public death listings place his date of death as August 5, 1987; he was buried at St. Luke’s Cemetery in Woodburn.

Investigators searched in the days and months that followed for motive, a name, a vehicle or any lead that could hold, but the case slipped into the county’s cold files. Regional compilations of Oregon cold cases list his killing with no publicly documented break and attribute the investigation to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. No arrest has been announced and no suspect has been publicly named in the death of Norbert Henry Gilles.

If anyone knew Norbert, lived near Aurora in 1987, or has information about his death, please share what is known with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.