Do you know who killed George? Hispanic/Latino male George Louis Castaneda, age 44, was found in the early afternoon of September 6, 1993, outside the Eugene Mission at 1542 West 1st Avenue. He had been assaulted, suffering blunt impacts to the head, and he died from those injuries. The day’s routine bustle around the mission paused as first responders converged just after 1 p.m., marking off the patch of sidewalk where the attack ended and the investigation began.
Detectives worked the scene, canvassed for witnesses, and gathered a description of a man seen in connection with the assault: a white male in his twenties to thirties, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and roughly 145 pounds, with shoulder-length blond hair and a mustache, possibly known by the nickname “Red.” Leads faded over time, and the case moved into the city’s catalog of unsolved homicides. No public record indicates that anyone was arrested for the killing, and police continue to seek information from anyone who might recognize the description or remember the encounter that day.
