Bruce Winfield Binford, 33, was found wounded on the steps of a building near the US National Bank on Salmon Street in Portland in the early morning of October 6, 1982. He had been shot in the head and was taken to a hospital, where he died two days later.

Binford was unemployed and married with no children. Friends and acquaintances said he drank socially but was not considered an alcoholic. On the night he was shot he visited several downtown bars and was last seen about 10:00 p.m. leaving Mr. D’s Bar. Investigators reported his wallet and case were missing, and robbery is believed to have been the motive.

The case remains unsolved and is listed as a cold case; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. Can anyone who was in downtown Portland that night or who knew Bruce provide information to the Portland Police Bureau’s Cold Case Homicide Unit?