Lorenzo El Pelon Satayal was fatally shot on July 20, 1993, at about 10:30 p.m. in Portland’s Old Town near NW 6th Avenue and Burnside Street. Witnesses said a gunshot was heard after two African-American males and a white female approached the man known on the street as El Pelon. After a brief conversation one of the males shot him, then appeared to search through the victim’s clothing before the three fled.

Satayal was an immigrant from Guatemala who had been living intermittently in the United States and had a prior arrest for heroin possession. Witnesses gave detailed descriptions: two African-American males in their early 20s, one about 6 feet tall and 189 pounds, both with Jheri curls and dark clothing; and a slender white female, around 19, 5 feet 6 inches, shoulder-length dishwater blonde hair with dark roots, wearing a jean jacket.

No arrests have been made and the Portland Police Bureau Cold Case Homicide Unit is still seeking information. Anyone with knowledge of the incident or who recognizes the descriptions is asked to contact police or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Oregon.