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Do you know who murdered Vernon Richard Anton in 1977?
On the morning of December 16, 1977, at about 10:30 a.m., Vernon Richard Anton—a 57-year-old male, white—was found beaten to death inside his room at 4760 NE Prescott in Portland, Oregon. He had last been seen alive on December 13, leaving investigators to conclude that the precise moment of the fatal assault was uncertain. Signs at the scene showed a forced entry into the residence, a violent breach that framed the final hours of a 57-year-old male, white, whose quiet routines suddenly ende ...Read More
On the morning of December 16, 1977, at about 10:30 a.m., Vernon Richard Anton—a 57-year-old male, white—was found beaten to death inside his room at 4760 NE Prescott in Portland, Oregon. He had last been seen alive on December 13, leaving investigators to conclude that the precise moment of the fatal assault was uncertain. Signs at the scene showed a forced entry into the residence, a violent breach that framed the final hours of a 57-year-old male, white, whose quiet routines suddenly ende ...Read More
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Vernon Anton
November 9, 2022
Male
White / Caucasian
Portland
OR
1977-12-16
1977-12-13
1977-12-16
57
Vernon
Anton
11/17/2025
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I was digging into some old unsolved cases in Portland and came across Vernon Richard Anton's murder... ...Read More
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