Do you know who killed 42 year old Narciso Fierro in 1980? On the morning of May 19, 1980, a young girl walking along the 100 block of NE Sacramento Street in Portland, Oregon, made a grim discovery. Lying in the weeds of a vacant lot was the body of a man, later identified as 42-year-old Hispanic male, Narciso Fierro. The girl quickly ran to a nearby house to have someone call for help. When police arrived, they found Fierro deceased.
An autopsy would later reveal that he had died from apparent stab wounds.
At the time of his death, Narciso Fierro was experiencing homelessness and was known to be a heavy drinker. He was a familiar face in the bars of Old Town and the lower east Burnside Street area. His life was further complicated by legal troubles, as he was wanted for auto theft at the time of his murder. The last time anyone reported seeing him alive was around 8:00 p.m. the night before his body was found, near the lower east Burnside area.
Despite the passage of time, the case of Narciso Fierro's murder remains unsolved, with no publicly identified suspects or arrests made in connection with his death. The investigation is now considered a cold case, a lingering mystery from a spring day in Portland more than four decades ago. Law enforcement continues to seek information from the public that might finally shed light on who was responsible for the stabbing death of Narciso Fierro.
