Derreck Sherman, 17, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 3, 1983, in the parking lot of the Knickerbocker Motel on the 4700 block of North Interstate Avenue in Portland. He and an associate were walking through the lot just after 3:10 a.m. when a single shot struck Sherman. He was taken to Emanuel Hospital and died shortly thereafter. That day he had played basketball, been to a party, spent time downtown and returned to the motel to sleep.

Witnesses described an unidentified white male in the area shortly before the shooting, about 18 to 23 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches, with sandy brown hair, a mustache, wearing an army fatigue jacket and blue jeans. A yellow 1979 Chevrolet Camaro was seen speeding away from the scene. Sherman, who was living in a foster home at the time, left behind no arrest has been announced and the case remains an unsolved cold case.

Did anyone in Portland remember seeing that Camaro or the young man in the motel lot that night?