On the morning of January 13, 1976, 24-year-old Sherry Lynn Fuson was found dead in her Portland, Oregon home on Southeast 32nd Avenue. Her husband discovered her in a second-floor hallway after an unknown assailant entered the house the previous night while he was at a pool tournament. Sherry had been severely beaten and then fatally shot; defensive wounds show she struggled to fend off the attacker. Their three young children were in their rooms during the assault and were not physically injured.

Investigators learned Sherry worked at a massage parlor on 82nd Avenue and was involved in prostitution, but detectives reported no evidence that her work was taken home or linked to the murder. No suspects were identified and no arrests were made, and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Sherry, her routines, or saw anything unusual in the neighborhood that night, please share information that might help bring answers.