Who killed 52 year old Harry Thalman in 1990? Harry Thalman, 52, male, white, was found dead in his ransacked apartment at the Wimbledon Square complex on Southeast 28th Avenue in Portland on July 11, 1990, after neighbors reported a strong odor and a maintenance supervisor entered to check on the unit. An autopsy determined he had been killed by multiple stab wounds sometime before he was discovered.
Thalman, a retired jeweler, had last been seen on the evening of July 8 around 7 p.m., and when police inventoried the scene they noted that jewelry was missing along with his 1987 gray-and-silver Cadillac DeVille.
Detectives learned that Thalman, who was gay, often brought strangers and unhoused men back to his residence, a pattern that broadened the scope of potential leads. Despite that, no suspect was publicly identified and the investigation remained open as a cold case. The Portland Police Bureau appealed for tips and offered a Crime Stoppers reward for information leading to an arrest, but there were no announced arrests and no confirmed suspect or suspects connected to the killing.
