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Dionisio Rios

Case from Portland, OR dated Apr 17, 1987

Victim Details

Dionisio Rios

November 3, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Portland

OR

1987-04-17

58

Dionisio

Rios

07/10/2026


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Who killed 58 year old Dionisio Rios in 1987?
Dionisio Rios, 58, a Hispanic/Latino man, was discovered on the evening of April 17, 1987, lying in the street on the 3600 block of NE 125th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. A resident saw him and called 911; he had been shot and was pronounced dead, setting off a homicide investigation that would remain unresolved for decades.

In the hours before his death, Rios was last seen in the company of two unidentified Hispanic men at a North Portland 7-11. The trio was observed in a 1980 maroon Olds ...
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