Diane Denise Jordan, 27, was found dead inside a dumpster in the 6100 block of NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Portland in the early morning hours of July 18, 1985. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene; an autopsy determined the cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation and that she had been involved in a violent struggle. She had been last seen after midnight on the same day, fully clothed near NE Martin Luther King Jr.

Blvd. and Roselawn Street, but her white pants were missing when her body was discovered, suggesting she was accosted after that sighting. Neighbors near NE 6th and Roselawn reported hearing a woman’s cries for help coming from the back of a white vehicle that morning. The van was described as an early model, possibly a 1976 or 1977, with chrome wheels, no driver-side windows, cargo-type rear doors and a spare tire on the back. No suspects have been identified; the Portland Police Bureau Cold Case Homicide Unit continues to investigate.

Did anyone in the community ever see a van matching that description in the area on July 18, 1985?