Ye Nashwood Billy, age 59, was found dead on July 3, 1985, in a landscaped area near the Portland Fire Bureau at SW Ash and Front Avenue in Portland, Oregon. A passerby discovered his body early that morning and an autopsy determined cause of death was blunt force trauma. Billy was a Native American who lived as a transient in southwest and northwest Portland and had a history of alcohol abuse; he was known locally but reportedly had no known enemies.

The Portland Police Bureau’s Cold Case Homicide Unit has kept the investigation open, but no suspects were ever identified. Investigators cite a lack of witnesses and limited forensic evidence from the time as major barriers, and Crime Stoppers of Oregon has offered a reward for tips leading to an arrest. The case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Ye Billy, saw unusual activity near SW Ash and Front Avenue on or around July 3, 1985, or has information that could help, please come forward.