Edward Robert Rusboldt was 23 and a Purdue University student when his body was found on May 31, 1986, on the tree-lined 1900 block of Sunderland Place NW near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. He had been visiting friends for the summer and was last seen the night before after leaving a Dupont Circle bar about 3 a.m. to look for a female friend. Friends lost track of him and their car; after a 45-minute search they recovered the car and returned to Arlington. When Rusboldt didn’t show up the next day, police were contacted.

An autopsy concluded he died from compression of the neck and chest with blunt force injuries to the face and head. Police said the attack appeared to have started as a robbery; his wallet was reported taken. Witness descriptions varied, with some referencing a group of Black males and others mentioning Korean and Vietnamese gangs in the area. No suspects had been identified and the Metropolitan Police Department lists the case as unsolved.

Did anyone in Dupont Circle that night remember seeing Edward or anything unusual near Sunderland Place?