Just after midnight on August 21, 1986, Gary Pearson, a 36-year-old Native American man, became involved in a verbal dispute outside the 214 Tavern on W Burnside Street in Portland. The argument escalated and Pearson was stabbed multiple times; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on September 15, 1986 after weeks of treatment. Pearson was described as a transient who struggled with alcoholism.

The primary suspect was reported as an unidentified Hispanic male then estimated 18 to 22 years old, medium build and about 5 feet 1 inch tall, also believed to be transient. Witnesses were present that night, but no arrests have ever been made and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone who was in that area of W Burnside Street on the night of August 21, 1986, or who knew Gary Pearson, see or hear anything that could help identify the suspect?