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Howard Worden

Case from Portland, OR dated Mar 03, 1976

Victim Details

Howard Worden

November 4, 2022

Male

Unknown

Portland

OR

1976-03-03

1914-04-07

Yes

$2,500

61

Howard

Worden

06/26/2026


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Who killed 61 year old Howard Worden in 1976?
On the morning of March 3, 1976, 61-year-old Howard Worden was found by TriMet Transit Police at a maintenance facility near SE 17th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Worden, a World War II veteran, was in a dazed state and had sustained severe head injuries. He was rushed to Oregon Health & Science University for treatment but succumbed to his injuries on March 15, 1976.

Worden was known to frequent bars in Southeast Portland, and on the night of his attack, he had been ejected from an apart ...
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